On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I ask that you oppose the Royce-Engel amendment (#55) that will be offered during consideration of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013. This amendment would allow up to 45% of the funds authorized for the Food for Peace Program to be sent overseas to be used for the purchase of foreign agricultural commodities, foreign shipping services, or any other purpose the recipient of American tax dollars chooses.
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