Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. John Fetterman wants to cancel all school lunch debt nationwide.Fetterman is being joined by other lawmakers introducing the School Lunch Debt Cancellation Act.Fetterman said there are more than 30 million children in the US who can't afford their school meals, and the national public school meal debt is $262 million a year."'School lunch debt' is a term so absurd that it shouldn't even exist.
Fetterman said there are more than 30 million children in the US who can't afford their school meals, and the national public school meal debt is $262 million a year. "'School lunch debt' is a term so absurd that it shouldn't even exist. That's why I'm proud to introduce this bill to cancel the nation's student meal debt and stop humiliating kids and penalizing hunger,” Fetterman said in a statement."It's time to come together and stop playing political games with American's access to food.
According to a statement from the U.S. Senate, child poverty more than doubled last year in the United States and the average household income declined.
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