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On the recordApril 10, 2018
I would appeal to you all, while there is some effort to demonstrate--to give cash, I would ask that you all continue the policy that has been in the past to let us use commodities grown by U.S. growers.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Merkley advocates for using U.S. agricultural commodities instead of cash for food aid.

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