Mike Conaway: “Trade also helps support almost one million American jobs in production agriculture.”

Given the effectiveness of the Food for Peace Program, I believe, and the support from stakeholders, it is clear and important that we maintain that bipartisan effort.

It is not a matter of taking the benefits away from folks who meet the requirements; it is making sure that those scarce resources go to the ones who need it the most.

I want to specifically thank Chairman Takano and Ranking Member Roe for bringing this bill to the floor and allowing this much-deserved recognition of two young heroes from Odessa, Texas. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record the official…

The Farmers to Families Food Box Program (FFFBP) was the victim of a rushed process that included no engagement with current distributors and nonprofits and resulted in cherry-picked contractors who were not qualified.