Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Government Information, Justice, and Agriculture Subcommittee
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 102

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Author: Peter K. Eisinger
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 9780815791249
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 202

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Cheap, plentiful food is an American tradition. We spend a smaller percentage of our income on food than any other nation. We feed much of the world with our surpluses. Consumers, retailers, and restaurants throw away one-quarter of our food stock every year. And yet data collected by the federal government show that almost 12 percent of American households either suffer from hunger or worry about going hungry. Why are so many Americans afflicted with "food insecurity" during such prosperous times? According to this book, it's not simply an artifact of poverty: even most of the poorest homes have access to adequate food. Nor is it indifference to their plight or a lack of ways to help: Americans strongly support government food assistance, and there are a host of public and private programs devoted to feeding the hungry. Peter Eisinger seeks to unravel the puzzle of America's hunger and asserts that it is a problem that can be solved. He believes that the perception of hunger and responses to it emerge from a complex, intellectual, political, and social context. He begins by looking for a meaningful definition of hunger, then examines the structure and funding of government food assistance programs, the roles of Congress and community interest groups, and the contributions of volunteer organizations. He concludes by offering ideas to reduce the nation's perplexing hunger problem, based on creating stronger partnerships between public and private food programs.

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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 752

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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rules. Subcommittee on the Legislative Process
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Category : Budget
Languages : en
Pages : 564

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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture
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Category : Agricultural laws and legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 1222

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Category : Legislative hearings
Languages : en
Pages : 962

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Category : Administrative law
Languages : en
Pages : 1324

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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Indian Affairs
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Category : Budget
Languages : en
Pages : 428

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Author: CQ Press,
Publisher: CQ Press
ISBN: 1483384764
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1073

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The Federal Regulatory Directory, Seventeenth Edition continues to offer a clear path through the maze of complex federal agencies and regulations, providing to-the-point analysis of regulations. Information-packed profiles of more than 100 federal agencies and departments detail the history, structure, purpose, actions, and key contacts for every regulatory agency in the U.S. government. Now updated with an improved searching structure, the Federal Regulatory Directory continues to be the leading reference for understanding federal regulations, providing a richer, more targeted exploration than is possible by cobbling together electronic and print sources.