The bill would make permanent an early pandemic-era universal school meal program that helped feed 30 million children.Valerie Yanez, 4 eats a smiley face fry during her lunch period in the cafeteria at Doby Elementary School in Apollo Beach, Florida on October 4, 2019.Eve Edelheit for The Washington Post via Getty Images Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) introduced a bill on Thursday seeking to permanently end child hunger in schools, expanding upon a popular early COVID pandemic policy that provided universal school meals to children.
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