12/05/2023
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"I want to thank my friend, Chairman Duncan Hunter, along with our other colleagues on the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee, for their willingness to examine these issues with us."
"Given the interconnectedness of our maritime security and food aid programs, undermining one ultimately jeopardizes both."
"This joint hearing of the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture... will come to order."
"I strongly urge you to reject the dangerous arguments made by those seeking an end to in-kind food aid and cargo preference and continue the steadfast, bipartisan support the United States Merchant Ma..."