{"id":11169,"date":"2026-01-15T16:07:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bread.org\/?post_type=article&#038;p=11169"},"modified":"2026-01-15T19:11:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:11:50","slug":"bread-celebrates-house-passage-of-vital-global-humanitarian-aid-and-nutrition-funding-in-congress","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.bread.org\/article\/bread-celebrates-house-passage-of-vital-global-humanitarian-aid-and-nutrition-funding-in-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Bread Celebrates House Passage of Vital Global Humanitarian Aid and Nutrition Funding in Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Washington, D.C., January&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>15,&nbsp;2026 \u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>Bread for the World issued the following statement&nbsp;regarding&nbsp;the&nbsp;House&nbsp;passage of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Fiscal Year 2026 National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations bill&nbsp;(SFOPS)&nbsp;Appropriations Bill. The statement can be attributed to Rev. Eugene Cho, president and CEO of Bread for the World.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBread for the World applauds the bipartisan effort&nbsp;within the&nbsp;House&nbsp;of&nbsp;Representatives&nbsp;to provide robust and responsible funding for humanitarian aid by passing the 2026 SFOPS&nbsp;appropriations bill. This funding will fuel vital nutrition programs&nbsp;that provide emergency&nbsp;assistance&nbsp;to millions of children and families around the world suffering from severe acute malnutrition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;$50 billion&nbsp;in&nbsp;funding will support hunger, health, and nutrition programs&nbsp;that will continue to help to achieve a hunger-free world.&nbsp;We especially celebrate the allocation of&nbsp;$5.5 billion&nbsp;for humanitarian&nbsp;assistance&nbsp;programs,&nbsp;$5.4 billion&nbsp;for HIV\/AIDS programming through PEPFAR, and&nbsp;$720 million for food security and agricultural development programs,&nbsp;including&nbsp;$72 million for Feed the Future Innovation Labs, which develop&nbsp;new solutions&nbsp;to pressing food security challenges&nbsp;and support land grant universities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOver the last year, Bread advocates&nbsp;have&nbsp;raised their voices to members of Congress to express concern&nbsp;about&nbsp;proposed&nbsp;deep cuts to humanitarian aid, global health, and global nutrition programs. We are grateful to members of Congress on both sides of the aisle&nbsp;for listening&nbsp;to their constituents&nbsp;and&nbsp;for understanding the importance of these programs and the historic role&nbsp;of&nbsp;the United States as a&nbsp;global&nbsp;leader in delivering humanitarian and development&nbsp;assistance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLess than 1 percent of the U.S. federal budget is appropriated toward international aid, but its impact is&nbsp;profound&nbsp;in terms of saving lives&nbsp;and&nbsp;improving U.S. national security, making&nbsp;the world a better place and&nbsp;America stronger, safer, and more prosperous.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn a world where malnutrition impacts hundreds of millions&nbsp;of people, we are called by God to love our neighbors and respect the dignity of every man, woman, and child. We are grateful to every member of Congress who&nbsp;worked on and&nbsp;voted to bring&nbsp;this&nbsp;much-needed&nbsp;assistance&nbsp;to people experiencing poverty, disease, and malnutrition.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C., January&nbsp;15,&nbsp;2026 \u2014&nbsp;Bread for the World issued the following statement&nbsp;regarding&nbsp;the&nbsp;House&nbsp;passage of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Fiscal Year 2026 National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations bill&nbsp;(SFOPS)&nbsp;Appropriations Bill. The statement can be attributed to Rev. Eugene Cho, president and CEO of Bread for the World.&nbsp; \u201cBread for the World applauds the bipartisan effort&nbsp;within the&nbsp;House&nbsp;of&nbsp;Representatives&nbsp;to provide robust and responsible<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9477,"template":"","tags":[],"focus":[139],"topic":[],"resource_type":[],"class_list":["post-11169","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","focus-press-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bread.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/11169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bread.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bread.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bread.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/11169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bread.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bread.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bread.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11169"},{"taxonomy":"focus","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bread.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/focus?post=11169"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bread.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=11169"},{"taxonomy":"resource_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bread.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource_type?post=11169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}