The bill endorses the use of our foreign assistance resources to meet the basic human needs of poor people in developing countries through a policy of equitable growth.
On the recordOctober 5, 1978
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International Development and Food Assistance Act of 1978 Statement on Signing H.R. 12222 Into Law
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