Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013

Floor Speech

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Mr. FINCHER. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this amendment.

This amendment favors our foreign competitors over American-grown products, American-grown industries, and jobs filled by Americans.

Unlike foreign aid programs, the Food for Peace program is American-made through and through, and it's tied to approximately 44,000 American jobs in the agriculture, transportation, and maritime industries.

An American is employed at every step in this process of the Food for Peace program. Americans grow the crops. The commodities are processed and packaged in the United States. Those packages are carried by our railroads and barges to American seaports and finally delivered to the receiving nations by U.S.-flagged vessels.

I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this amendment and support American farmers, American workers, and American taxpayers.

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