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Mike Conaway: “Reclaiming my time, does the committee chairman agree that the Food for Peace program, which is wholly separate from the…”

On the recordJuly 5, 2016
Reclaiming my time, does the committee chairman agree that the Food for Peace program, which is wholly separate from the bill we are debating on the floor today, is vital to U.S. efforts to respond to emergencies and alleviate global hunger? Does the gentleman also agree that the provision of U.S. agriculture commodities through the Food for Peace program has saved millions of lives, and that the U.S. agriculture commodities must remain a significant part of U.S. international food aid programs? I yield to the gentleman.
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Mike Conaway
Texas
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Jul 5, 2016

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