Because of McGovern-Dole, the World Food Program estimates enrollment of girls in school in Pakistan has increased 135 percent.
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Discussing the positive impact of the McGovern-Dole Food Program on education and security.
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The administration cannot be successful in these initiatives if we under or defund the basics, which is exactly what the proposed 20 percent cut to our foreign assistance programs would do.
As long as I have been part of this subcommittee, we have had bipartisan agreement that foreign assistance is critical to our national security and to maintaining America's leadership role in the world.
USAID helps the world's most vulnerable, assists in recovery from natural disasters and humanitarian crises, and supports countries' efforts to strengthen governance, rule of law, and human rights.
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