Mike Conaway: “I am proud to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Yoho), another valuable member of the Agriculture…”

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.

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