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On the recordOctober 6, 2015
Buying food and transporting it from the U.S. to a crisis zone costs almost 50 percent more than purchasing food products locally.
Said by
Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly points out the inefficiency of current food aid logistics.

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