Secretary Veneman Tours Agriculture Areas Hit By Hurricane...

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Secretary Veneman Tours Agriculture Areas Hit By Hurricane Charley; USDA Provides Wide Ranging Assistance $5 Million in Special Funding for Baby and other Foods Authorized

View full release: http://www.usda.gov/Newsroom/0350.04.html

Release No. 0350.04
Julie Quick [phone]
Ed Loyd [phone]


Secretary Veneman Tours Agriculture Areas Hit By Hurricane Charley; USDA
Provides Wide Ranging Assistance

$5 Million in Special Funding for Baby and other Foods Authorized

WAUCHULA, Fla., Aug. 23, 2004 - Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman
today surveyed damage in the agricultural areas in Florida hardest hit
by Hurricane Charley and outlined actions being taken by USDA agencies
to provide immediate assistance. Veneman was accompanied by Agriculture
Commissioner Charles Bronson during visits to several sites illustrating
the widespread damage suffered by one of the State's major industries.
She also announced the availability of $5 million in additional USDA
funds to purchase baby foods and formula, and other food commodities to
meet the continuing needs of hurricane victims.

"We are working aggressively to meet the President's directive to
provide all available resources to assist Florida's recovery from
Hurricane Charley. The $5 million will be used to purchase at least a
10-day supply of food for 6,000 infants and other foods to meet victim's
needs," Veneman said. "All USDA employees are hard at work in the many
recovery efforts now underway. We are trying to provide immediate
assistance where most needed and then to fully and accurately assess the
damage caused by the storm, which likely will take several weeks."

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Do the Math that is $83.33 per kid per day. It doesn't take that much to feed my kids per week.

[wyethwire]

1. Who???

They've certainly been hiding Ann Veneman pretty well for the last four years

[wyethwire]

2. speaking of which ...

where's Gail Norton?

[Kolesar]

3. Touring the area by air

on her broom

[RC]

4. We're being ripped off.

And no one here seems to notice or care?

I'd sure like to be paid $83.33 to feed a kid for a day, times 6000 kids for 10 days.