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Tom Harkin: “I have a letter from the Food and Research Action Center. We urge you to continue your leadership in support for the…”

On the recordJuly 31, 2001
I have a letter from the Food and Research Action Center. We urge you to continue your leadership in support for the nutrition programs contained in S. 1246. Our bill does it. The House bill doesn't. It is signed by James D. Weill, president of the Food and Research Action Center. Dear Mr. Chairman: I am writing you about S. 1246. The Emergency Agricultural Assistance Act of 2001. As in the House bill, S. 1246 authorizes an additional $10 million for expenses associated with the transportation and distribution of commodities in The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP). The Senate version also devotes additional dollars to support school meal programs targeted to low-income children; increases the mandatory commodity purchases for the School Lunch Program; and provides additional funding for Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Programs. We urge you to continue your leadership and support for the nutrition programs contained in S. 1246.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa
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Discussing support for nutrition programs in the Emergency Agricultural Assistance Act of 2001.

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