U. S. Senator, Jerry Moran, led a bipartisan group of colleagues in urging the U. S. Department of Agriculture and U. S. Agency for International Development, to release resources within the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust, an emergency International Food Assistance Program, to combat global hunger in times of “exceptional need”. Currently 45 million people across 43 countries are on the brink of famine.
Moran says at times like today when, emergency funds available under Food For Peace Title II, are clearly insufficient to meet global hunger needs, the Secretary of Agriculture can authorize the Trust’s release at the request of the Administrator. He says they are strongly urging those actions to occur. Global food security needs have clearly outpaced the United States’ capacity to respond through other food assistance resources. Utilizing the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust will save lives. He says it’s both the right thing to do and the smart thing to do.
