Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) said a freeze on federal funding and change at the U.S. Agency for International Development left $340 million in lifesaving food grown in the United States sitting at domestic ports awaiting delivery to locations around the world where people were starving, the Kansas Reflector reports.
Said Moran: “Time is running out before this lifesaving aid perishes.
Food stability is essential to political stability, and our food aid programs help feed the hungry, bolster our national security and provide an important market for our farmers, especially when commodity prices are low.”