06/07/2021
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"when Senator Roberts and I led the amendment to AGOA, which would expand the USDA's role in trade capacity building specifically for women-owned farms and businesses."
"to strengthen them from an economic standpoint, it meant empowering women to own their own land, to be able to get loans, to be able to have inheritance rights and so on."
"This program was providing children, and is still today, with their only meal of the day, and it sends a powerful message to Haitian families about our American values."
"Our time in Africa strengthened my appreciation of our country's commitments to helping fight global hunger and food insecurity."