[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 194 (Thursday, December 5, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1547]
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                      INTRODUCTION OF H. RES. 742

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                             HON. JIM COSTA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, December 5, 2019

  Mr. COSTA. Madam Speaker, I rise today to mark the important 
successes of the Food for Peace Act. Since 1954, Food for Peace has 
provided life-saving food assistance to some of the world's most 
vulnerable people. While it has already saved the lives of millions, 
there is more work to be done. Tens of millions of children suffer from 
the effects of malnutrition, while natural disasters, civil strife and 
other crises put food supplies at risk every year.
  I have introduced H. Res. 742 to mark these important achievements 
and call for continued appropriations prioritization of Food for Peace. 
This resolution has strong bipartisan support and also the support of a 
number of interested organizations, including Action Against Hunger, 
Alliance to End Hunger, American Maritime Congress, American Maritime 
Officers, American Maritime Officers Service, American Soybean 
Association, Bread for the World, Breedlove Foods, Inc., Bunge, CARE 
USA, Cargill, Incorporated, Didion Milling, Edesia, Feed the Children, 
Food for the Hungry, InterAction, Land O'Lakes Venture37, Land O'Lakes, 
Inc., Maritime Institute for Research and Industrial Development 
(MIRAID), Masters, Mates & Pilots Union, National Association of Wheat 
Growers, National Corn Growers Association, National Milk Producers 
Federation, Navy League of the United States, Seafarers International 
Union, The Borgen Project, The Port of Virginia, Transportation 
Institute, UNICEF USA, USA Rice, World Food Program USA, World 
Initiative for Soy in Human Health.

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