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January 17, 2018On October 19, 2017, the Senate Committee on foreign relations held a hearing on the implementation of the PL 480 Food for Peace Program. During the course of this hearing, various statements were made critical of the role the...
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October 27, 2017WASHINGTON, D.C.—USA Maritime Chairman James L. Henry today issued the following statement in response to certain allegations and statements made during the October 19, 2017, hearing titled “Modernizing the Food for Peace Program.” “Statements made during the hearing misrepresent...
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June 7, 2017I thank you for conducting this hearing and for giving me the opportunity to testify. I would also be remiss if I did not thank all of you for your continued support of the U.S. Merchant Marine, the American...
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April 11, 2017A large coalition of maritime and agricultural organizations has expressed “support for continuing at least current levels of funding for the Food for Peace and McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Programs in FY’18.”The more than 70...
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March 19, 2017A bipartisan group of 30 United States Senators has called on the Trump Administration to fully support the PL 480 program, calling the Program “a critical foreign policy tool.” The text of the letter from the Senators to the...
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November 21, 2016We write in response to the November 2, 2016 American Enterprise Institute publication “US Food aid’s costly problem: Why it’s time to eliminate cargo preference,” authored by Montana State University Professor Vincent H. Smith and his assistant Ryan Nabil....
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October 5, 2016In recognition of Liberty Maritime Corporation’s outstanding performance and support to the P.L. 480 Title II Food Aid program in delivering bulk & breakbulk grain shipments to difficult locations around the globe. Liberty Maritime Corporation has consistently demonstrated great...
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July 27, 2016USA Maritime thanks the Office of Food for Peace for the opportunity to submit comments on the July 5, 2016 draft of the Office of Food for Peace, Bureau of Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance 2016‐2025 Draft Strategy. Food...
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May 5, 2016The members of USA Maritime rise in support and gratitude for the House Appropriations Committee’s decision to sustain funding for our nation’s flagship international food aid programs, despite the Administration’s proposal to reduce Food for Peace funding in FY17...
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March 4, 2016The undersigned organizations support sustained funding for the Food for Peace (P.L. 480) and Food for Progress international food aid programs and oppose proposals to reduce funding or to shift these resources to overseas commodity procurement and cash assistance....
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