10/23/2017
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"I fear food aid needs will continue to grow and we will continue to have to hold hearings like this every 10--5, 10, 15 years if we don't act now."
"I urge you in the strongest possible terms to ensure that the full $5 billion is restored to any future supplemental appropriations bill."
"I look forward to working tirelessly with each of you and with my colleagues to ensure that we do in fact advance this desperately needed appropriation to ensure that the world is safer from this pand..."
"We need $200 million to be able to come up to $1.5 billion that we want to be able to help Africa to avoid a looming food crisis."