Foreign Food-Aid for School Kids Among Cuts Proposed for USDA
- White House questions McGovern-Dole program’s effectiveness
- Program served meals for 2.22 million children in fiscal 2016
President Trump's Budget Proposes Historic Cuts
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An international school food-aid program backed by former Democratic Senator George McGovern and Republican Senator Bob Dole would end under President Donald Trump’s budget blueprint, with the White House arguing its success isn’t proven.
The McGovern-Dole Food for Education program, created in 2000 after advocacy from both the South Dakota Democrat and Kansas Republican, both of whom had left office, "lacks evidence that it is being effectively implemented to reduce food insecurity," the White House said Thursday in its "America First" budget blueprint request.