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Mike Conaway: “We urge the House Agriculture Committee to ignore the siren calls for "greater flexibility" from the so-called "food aid…”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2017
We urge the House Agriculture Committee to ignore the siren calls for "greater flexibility" from the so-called "food aid reform advocates"
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Mike Conaway
Texas

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Conaway emphasizes maintaining traditional food aid programs against reform advocates.

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