Mike Conaway: “I would like to clarify the Record. Of the 265,000 children that have been mentioned a couple of times, 95 percent of…”

I thank my colleague from Colorado (Mr. Lamborn) for those overly kind words, and I certainly appreciate his sentiments for my service. And I, too, will miss our Armed Services Committee hearings and sitting beside him. He is a terrific…

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.

Let's have those kind of conversations as opposed to defending a loophole that allows some families in America to be treated differently.

It is not a matter of taking the benefits away from folks who meet the requirements; it is making sure that those scarce resources go to the ones who need it the most.