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On the recordMarch 5, 2024
When President Biden ordered an extraordinary draw down of the Emerson Trust in April of 2022 it took 12 months and $388 million to transport $282 million worth of food.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Risch highlights inefficiencies in food aid logistics under Biden's order.

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