Senator Wyden Visits Beaverton Food Bank Urging People to Help

Senator Ron Wyden visited the Beaverton Food Bank over the weekend to spread the word that "hunger goes not take a summer vacation."

Wyden was joined by members of the Timbers Army as he helped package food.

He wanted to remind people that fighting hunger is a year-round effort, that volunteers and donations are always needed.

Wyden is behind two pieces of legislation that he believes will help in the overall fight to end hunger.

One would expand tax relief that Wyden, as the ranking member on the Senate Finance Committee, worked to get into tax legislation at the end of 2015. The legislation makes it easier for farmers and others who want to donate to food banks.

The second piece is his bipartisan CHARITY Act that would reform the tax code to make it easier for families to support charities and ensure that charities are best equipped to accomplish their missions.

“So many families are walking on an economic tightrope balancing food and rent and gas and the like,” he said earlier this summer. “We just have to do more to help.”