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Daybreak June 22: Lawmakers seek to protect US farm commodity share of food aid

06/22/23 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Bill Tomson, Steve Davies, Noah Wicks, Jana Rose Schleis, and Hannah Pagel
A bipartisan group of lawmakers are introducing legislation today to ensure the government keeps using U.S. commodities to provide food aid around the world. About half the funds for the Food for Peace program are currently used to purchase and deliver U.S. farm goods.
KEYWORDS Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Michael L. Connor EPA Administrator Michael Regan Food for Peace program Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Rep. Rick Crawford Senate Ag Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow Senate Appropriations Committee STEAM STEM U.S. Agency for International Development WOTUS
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