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Amen. I really had the feeling that even key members of the Administration did not support the budget.

From: Bonnie Raquet [mailto:beraquet@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2017 05:51 PM
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Subject: Re: WFP USA UPDATE: Trump signs omnibus spending bill, with $$ for food relief/famine


Sorry, I hit send accidentally on the previous message before it was ready. What I meant to say:

"There is no wonder why we are filled with pride in being associated with all of you -- a talented, dedicated, capable, successful, committed team. Thank you for this work!"

Bonnie E. Raquet
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On May 5, 2017, at 5:45 PM, Bonnie Raquet <beraquet@aol.com<mailto:beraquet@aol.com>> wrote:


Bonnie E. Raquet
beraquet@aol.com<mailto:beraquet@aol.com>
Mobile: 612-562-0380

On May 5, 2017, at 5:28 PM, Erin Cochran <ECochran@wfpusa.org<mailto:ECochran@wfpusa.org>> wrote:

Dear Members of the Board,
As many of you have surely read, President Trump today signed the $1 trillion spending agreement to fund the government through September. Below is a summary of what this means for global hunger and the World Food Programme. We just released this statement<https://wfpusa.org/news-releases/statement-from-wfp-usas-rick-leach-on-the-consolidated-appropriations-act-2017/>.

* A Title II Food for Peace allocation of $1.6 billion, a one-time increase of $134 million over the base level of $1.466 billion
* An International Disaster Assistance (IDA) allocation of $2.822 billion, an increase in funding of almost $25 million over FY16 (traditionally, about 30% of this is allocated to the Emergency Food Security Program within IDA).
* The really big news: Supplemental IDA funds of $990 million for famine relief ($300 million of which will be transferred to Title II for commodity food aid).
* A McGovern-Dole School Feeding allocation of $201.626 million, $5 million of which is available for Local and Regional Purchase associated with McGovern-Dole, both level funding from FY16.
Additionally, today we ghostwrote and placed an oped for Peter McPherson<http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/contributors/2017/05/04/farming-innovations-michigan/101264474/> (former USAID Administrator under Reagan) in the Detroit Free Press. Michigan is hosting the next Farm Bill hearing tomorrow so it’s rather timely.

Thanks, as always, for your support,
Erin

Erin Cochran
Vice President, Communications

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