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On the recordMarch 16, 2015
If we are going to have a foreign food aid program, then the intent of it is to work people out of poverty.
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Sam Farr
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Farr emphasizes the goal of food aid should be poverty alleviation, not just supporting farmers.

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