Under the jurisdiction of the Agriculture Subcommittee is an array of programs of importance to food insecuritywhat in this country we once called hungersuch as Public Law 480 and reimbursements to the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust. In fact. a little more than 1 month ago. my appropriations staff was sent on a mission to Sudan which would have brought them to within a few kilometers of the border of South Darfur. Unfortunately. the El Bashir government in Khartoum refused to issue them the appropriate visas. but they were able to participate with the World Food Program on an air drop of food over Southern Sudan that. at least. gave them a firsthand experience of the hardships in that country. They also met with refugees from Darfur in the U.N. camp at Kakuma in northwestern Kenya. where the original "Lost Children" of Sudan found shelter in the early 1990s. While at Kakuma. my staff was presented with the following written request by Darfur refugees: The current situation in Darfur was not acceptable and every day getting worse and we Darfurian we have worried and we dont know how our future will be and what are you planning for us.
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