WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Jerry Moran issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry - led a meeting with Luke Lindberg, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, and Senator John Hoeven to discuss the department's temporary administration of Food for Peace and the importance of ensuring the long-term stability of the program at USDA.
In January, USDA and the Department of State signed an interagency agreement allowing USDA to temporarily operate Food for Peace. Sen. Moran has long advocated for transferring the program to USDA and introduced legislation last year to make that change pe...