Mike Conaway: “It is now my pleasure to yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Hudson), my colleague on the Ag…”

The contract Borden was awarded through the Farmers to Families Food Box Program enabled us to preserve employment and benefits for our people.

We urge Congress to continue to provide people the means to access healthy food.

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.

I want American farmers participating in this, and American people support these programs in large part because they think it is American-grown products that are being used over there.