[fullwidth background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”0″ padding_right=”0″ hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”underline solid” sep_color=”#000000″ margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]Leaders of the House Agriculture Committee raise concerns with administration about its effort to win support from the shipping industry for converting more food aid to cash assistance[/title][fusion_text]Thursday, July 9th 2015
Leaders of the House Agriculture Committee are raising concerns with the Obama administration about its effort to win support from the shipping industry for converting more food aid to cash assistance. In letters to the Agriculture Department, U.S. Agency for International Development and Transportation Department, the lawmakers suggested the plan could increase the risk of fraud in the Food for Peace program while forcing shipping companies to scrap vessels that could be needed later for military use. In talks with the shippers, the administration has offered them direct subsidies in return for their support for allowing as much as 45 percent of Food for Peace funding to be used for purchases of food overseas rather than for buying and shipping U.S.-grown commodities.
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