Posted:
April 11, 2013
The following letter dated April 8 was sent by Congressman Brian Higgins (D-NY) to President Obama.
I respectfully write today to add my support for the continuation of the Food for Peace program and ask that you maintain level funding for this program in your fiscal year 2014 budget request to Congress.
The United States has been a global leader in recognizing the critical necessity of nutrition, food security, and humanitarian aid in the face of disaster. Food for Peace has provided food and assistance to more than 3 billion people worldwide and proven itself to be one of our nation's most effective tools of diplomacy.
In addition to providing humanitarian aid worldwide, Food for Peace supports thousands of American jobs. By using food sourced by U.S. farmers and shipped to every corner of the globe by U.S. merchant mariners, Food for Peace not only demonstrates our American values, it supports two vital sectors of our economy, in addition to numerous logistical and administrative support staff needed to effectively carry out this humanitarian mission.
As continued U.S. leadership and investment is vital to providing food and assistance worldwide, maintaining American jobs, and even leveraging developing countries and private industry to invest their resources in this effort, thank you for your consideration of maintaining level funding for the Food for Peace program in your FY14 budget request to Congress.
'Food for Peace supports thousands of American jobs'
The following letter dated April 8 was sent by Congressman Brian Higgins (D-NY) to President Obama.
I respectfully write today to add my support for the continuation of the Food for Peace program and ask that you maintain level funding for this program in your fiscal year 2014 budget request to Congress.
The United States has been a global leader in recognizing the critical necessity of nutrition, food security, and humanitarian aid in the face of disaster. Food for Peace has provided food and assistance to more than 3 billion people worldwide and proven itself to be one of our nation's most effective tools of diplomacy.
In addition to providing humanitarian aid worldwide, Food for Peace supports thousands of American jobs. By using food sourced by U.S. farmers and shipped to every corner of the globe by U.S. merchant mariners, Food for Peace not only demonstrates our American values, it supports two vital sectors of our economy, in addition to numerous logistical and administrative support staff needed to effectively carry out this humanitarian mission.
As continued U.S. leadership and investment is vital to providing food and assistance worldwide, maintaining American jobs, and even leveraging developing countries and private industry to invest their resources in this effort, thank you for your consideration of maintaining level funding for the Food for Peace program in your FY14 budget request to Congress.