Gwen Moore | Civil Eats

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Congresswoman Gwen Moore has represented Wisconsin's 4th District since 2004. She is a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, the oldest committee in the United States Congress and has jurisdiction over the Social Security system, Medicare, the Foster Care System, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Unemployment Insurance, and all taxation, tariffs, and revenue-raising measures. She serves on the Tax, Oversight, and Work and Welfare Subcommittees. She also serves on the Joint Economic Committee.

Op-ed: My Family Struggled With Hunger. If Congress Won’t Fully Fund WIC, Millions More Will, Too

a parent feeds a small baby because they receive WIC funding and Congress has passed a funding bill in the past