Chris Coons (D-Del.), would represent a small portion of the FY 2014 total of $1.8 billion proposed by the Obama administration for U.S. The approved amendment would “allocate only $60 million a year for the purchase of food aid under the Food for Peace program in or near the country for which it is destined,” Reuters notes, adding, “This was an increase of only $20 million” from the $40 million included in the bill (Abbott, 6/3). “Senators adopted an amendment by voice vote to a wide-ranging farm bill Monday that would slightly boost dollars to buy locally-grown food close to needy areas abroad,” the news agency writes (Jalonick, 6/3). “The Senate on Monday voted to make modest changes to the way international food aid is delivered, a much scaled-back version of an overhaul proposed by President Barack Obama earlier this year,” the Associated Press reports.
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