04/05/2022
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"I continue to think that repeated attempts to cut public health programs... I really cannot help but wonder about the role that PREDICT could have played in the lead-up to COVID-19."
"Virginia received nearly 3 million fewer pounds of food than would have been expected if the program had been administered under the formula utilized by TEFAP."
"I do want to implore you that, in the future, to engage a little bit more aggressively than what we have seen in the immediacy of the crisis, particularly with food banks and our food bank networks."
"I want to thank you by expressing my appreciation for the speed with which USDA implemented the Farmers to Families Food Box Program."