Jacob J. Lew, the Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources, gave testimony today before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. His testimony focused on President Obama's Feed the Future initiative. With over 1 billion people suffering from hunger there is an urgent call to action on the part of the administration.
Here is the full text of his testimony:
Chairman Kerry, Ranking Member Lugar and members of the Committee: thank you for this opportunity to speak with you about Feed the Future, the Administration’s global hunger and food security initiative. We applaud the Committee’s leadership on food security legislation which underscores the critical importance of this initiative to addressing global hunger. Many of you were working on this issue long before this initiative began. And we look forward to continuing to work with you and your staff on this vital cause.
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