Mike Conaway: “Thank you for your service. Thank you for your diligence, thoughtfulness, and candor, and thank you for your relentless…”

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

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.

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.

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.