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Jim Costa: You can give a person a fish to eat and they will be fed for the day, but if you teach them how to fish...

On the recordJune 23, 2011
You can give a person a fish to eat and they will be fed for the day, but if you teach them how to fish...
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Jim Costa
Democratic · California

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Jim Costa emphasizes the importance of teaching self-sufficiency in food aid programs.

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