Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson at the 17^th Annual Faith-Based Prayer Breakfast

Dallas, TX – (Wednesday, February 29, 2012) – On Monday, February 27^th, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson hosted her 17th Annual Prayer Breakfast at the Diabetes Health and Wellness Institute at Juanita J. Craft Recreation Center – an affiliate of Baylor Health Care System.  Joel Allison, President & CEO of Baylor Health Care System, offered remarks as well as several other key leaders in the healthcare and faith community.

At the Prayer Breakfast, Congresswoman Johnson addressed the pressing need to combat child hunger in Dallas. “With the current economic state of our country, the number of people struggling with poverty and hunger in America is on the rise.  In Dallas County alone, there are nearly 200,000 food insecure children.  As leaders of our faith community and those of us in public office, we cannot continue to let another child go hungry,” said Congresswoman Johnson. “ I want to tackle these issues on all levels.  I am committed to shaping these  policies that will protect and preserve programs such as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), and school breakfast and lunch programs to fight the ‘War on Poverty’.”

More than one hundred leaders in the faith-based community and social service organizations were in attendance to discuss the benefits of partnering with non-profit organizations and private entities to better serve their communities, and to provide resources to the underserved in the Dallas community.  A diversity of faiths gathered at the breakfast including members of the Baptist, Church of God in Christ, Catholic, Jewish, and Muslim communities and others.

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U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson is Ranking Member of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. She is also the highest-ranking Texan on the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure. She represents the 30th Congressional District of Texas  that includes Downtown Dallas, Fair Park, Oak Lawn, Turtle Creek,Old East Dallas, Pleasant Grove, & South Oak Cliff; all of Balch Springs, DeSoto, Hutchins, Lancaster & Wilmer and parts of Cedar Hill, Duncanville, Ferris, Glenn Heights and Ovilla.