Hunger in America, Public and Private Responses

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Excerpt from Hunger in America, Public and Private Responses: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Regulation, Business Opportunities, and Technology of the Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session Tragically, the efforts of the public and private sector, which are significant, don't come close to meeting the needs of persons des perate for a decent meal. This problem is the focus of today's hear mg. The task ahead is a daunting one. According to the Wall Street Journal, in spite of the Federal statute providing free meals to those who are over 60, several million older people are going hun gry and this number is growing. Better than 50 percent of the older people who are eligible for nutrition assistance are not enrolled to receive the benefits. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.