With Congress returning from a week-long recess, lawmakers this week will push back on President Trump’s proposals to gut international food aid programs.

 

The House Agriculture Committee will hold its first hearing on food aid programs since the release May 23 of Trump’s fiscal 2018 budget, which proposes to eliminate the $1.7-billion-a-year Food for Peace program as well as the smaller McGovern-Dole international school feeding program.

 

“The president’s recent budget proposal makes this hearing especially timely, as supporters of these programs will have the opportunity to demonstrate how these programs truly embody an ‘America first’ policy,” said House Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway.

 

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