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July 6, 2012
USA Maritime letter to Farm Bill leaders in Congress regarding Farm Bill and cargo preference repeal

Dear Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Committees of Jurisdiction: USA Maritime is a coalition of ship owning companies, maritime labor organizations, and maritime trade associations committed to promoting and protecting the U.S.‐flag Merchant Marine.    USA Maritime represents virtually...

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June 29, 2012
USA Maritime letter to Highway Bill conferees regarding cargo preference repeal

Dear Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Committees of Jurisdiction: USA Maritime is a coalition of ship owning companies, maritime labor organizations, and maritime trade associations committed to promoting and protecting the U.S.‐flag Merchant Marine.    USA Maritime represents virtually...

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June 22, 2012
USA Maritime Food Aid Statement

Preserve the Food for Peace Program USA Maritime, composed of the organizations listed to the left, endorses and seeks sustainable funding for the PL 480 Food for Peace program, and therefore strongly opposes amendments to cut deeply the program’s...

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June 19, 2012
Letter to Chairman Rogers

The Alliance for Global Food Security urges the House Appropriations Committee to restore funding for PL 480 Title II to the FY 2012 level of $1.466 billion, and to rescind section 714 of the bill which would reduce resources...

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June 7, 2012
“Food for Peace: An All‐American Bi‐Partisan Program”

Title II of PL 480 (“Food for Peace”) is the largest and most successful international food aid program in the world. Every Administration, both Republican and Democrat, has strongly supported Food for Peace since its inception in 1954. Millions...

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May 7, 2012
Getting more out of food aid

Alliance for Global Food Security Statement from THE HILL. (May 7, 2012) Improvements made to international food aid programs in the 2008 Farm Bill have borne fruit. Delivery times for U.S. commodities can be as short as two weeks,...

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March 30, 2012
Senate Statement of the Ad Hoc Coalition in Support of Sustained Funding for Food Aid

Mr. Chairman, Members of the Subcommittee, this statement is respectfully submitted on behalf of the ad hoc coalition composed of the organizations listed below. The coalition supports sustained funding for our nation’s food aid programs, including the P.L. 480...

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March 20, 2012
House Statement of the Ad Hoc Coalition in Support of Sustained Funding for Food Aid

Mr. Chairman, Members of the Subcommittee, this statement is respectfully submitted on behalf of the ad hoc coalition composed of the organizations listed below. The coalition supports sustained funding for our nation’s food aid programs, including the P.L. 480...

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February 13, 2011
USA Maritime’s Statement on Drastic $800 million Cut in Food Aid Programs

USA Maritime (http://www.usamaritime.org/) today released the following statement regarding the 42 percent cut of more than $800 million proposed by House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers from the President’s combined food aid budget for P.L. 480 Title II (Title II)...

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