Chris Smith actually said...

"As such, it is economical in the long run and will likely, over the long term, lead to a reduction in the amount of money we spend on emergency food aid."

"This legislation will help provide a long-term solution, really, a road map to ending global hunger by authorizing and strengthening the existing national food security program coordinated by the USAI..."

"Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 1567 offered by the Honorable Christopher H. Smith, a Representative in Congress from the State of New Jersey."

"By statutorily authorizing this existing program and strengthening it, which had its roots in the Bush administration and was formalized by President Obama, is a fittingly bipartisan program."