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On the recordMay 6, 2013
Is it an oversimplification to say that for the same number of dollars you're feeding more hungry people?
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Leahy questions the efficiency of local food procurement in feeding more people.

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