it is in your interests and our interest that we deal with this hunger problem not only just from a moral point of view, but from a national security perspective.
The downside to famine and hunger is so enormous that the amount of money we are spending, I think, is inadequate to the...
If people can produce food in their backyard, they really have absolutely no resilience at all.
I want us as a group, Mr. Chairman, to call our allies and say you need to help too.
The amount of money that will be in this supplemental for food and humanitarian assistance is about $5 billion.
The $5 billion helps, but it is not enough by itself.
Infrastructure really is important to economic development, particularly on the food side.
if you believe in a strong national security to keep America safe, then you have to be involved in addressing world hung...
if somebody is starving over there, they are not going to just sit around and starve.
I promise the American taxpayer, we are going to rattle some cages.
We need to spend this money and spend it now for the reasons you said, but I promise the American taxpayer, we are going...