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June 18, 2013The Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO, which is composed of 23 international unions and 21 Port Maritime Councils across the United States and Canada, calls upon the House of Representatives to reject Amendment 55 sponsored by Representatives Royce and Engel...
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June 18, 2013USA Maritime is strongly opposed to the Royce/Engel amendment to the FARRM Act. The amendment will be harmful to the U.S. Merchant Marine, ports, and the tens of thousands of other Americans employed because of the carriage of American...
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June 15, 2013During the June 12 House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on International Food Aid Modernization,witness Andrew Natsios responded to a question from Chairman Royce that maritime cargo preference requirements have outlived their usefulness and that the general justification for it...
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June 1, 2013I write to express my support for the Food for Peace Program (PL 480) in its current form. This program is a lifeline for fanners and U.S. merchant marines. The Food for Peace Program provides humanitarian assistance and food...
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May 23, 2013Adopting a cash voucher system would disrupt the cost-effective delivery of food aid By Elijah E. Cummings, Duncan Hunter , Nick Rahall May 21, 2013 Elijah E. Cummings is a Democratic representative from Maryland, Duncan Hunter is a...
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May 23, 2013On behalf of the undersigned organizations representing American workers in the maritime, longshore and transportation industries, we ask that you join us in strong opposition to HR 1983, legislation that would implement the Administration ‘s proposal to end the...
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May 17, 2013The Post’s May 13 editorial “Hurdles in reforming U.S. food aid” glossed over critical facts about the U.S. merchant marine and food aid programs. The Post failed to discuss the important nexus linking food aid programs, the merchant marine and...
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May 16, 2013Recently, a member of the American Farm Bureau Federation staff was interviewed on the subject of proposed changes to U.S. international food aid. The question was whether the United States should shift food aid donations to cash instead of...
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May 16, 2013The Administration’s FY14 budget proposes to end the longstanding Food for Peace (PL 480) US commodity donation program, and instead transfer all PL 480 funding into USAID’s International Disaster Account (IDA) for the purchase of foreign-source commodities and direct...
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May 9, 2013On behalf of the 47,000 members and 250 councils ofthe Navy League of the United States, we urge you to reject the Administration’s FY 2014 budget request proposing to eliminate the PL 480 Food for Peace Program, which would...
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