04/28/2010
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"Everybody's very remote right now from the White House, I'm afraid, in who's involved in the food business."
"We believe that should be AID and we do not believe that it's in that place right now."
"We don't think we should eliminate food aid in kind all together, because there's an important role for that, especially in emergencies."
"I think what your bill does is to reiterate to the world that food and agricultural production, as a part of our global assistance, is a priority; it is not a secondary factor."