Gerry Connolly actually said...

I am skeptical. I am concerned. I helped write the last foreign aid authorization bill passed by a Congress.

Can one really imagine a Bob Dole and a George McGovern coming together in this Congress to support the new food aid program? Really?

It takes 4 to 6 months longer for food to reach hungry people than it would if we bought food locally.

The Food for Peace program is slow, it is costly, and it is not doing enough to get food to people who are hungry and dying.