Mike Conaway: “I now yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Rodney Davis), a member of the committee.”

I am all for that, but just to have an open-ended check I don't think is necessarily a good idea.

It is critical and absolutely crucial that food assistance and agriculture development efforts focus on building resilience.

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.

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