House Panel Retains Senior Food Program
From Times Wire Reports
A House panel has preserved a program that provides boxes of food to nearly 500,000 seniors each month.
The Commodity Supplemental Food Program, targeted for elimination by President Bush in a cost-cutting move, would get a 10% boost to $119 million under a bill approved by the House Appropriations Committee.
The program provides beneficiaries powdered milk, vegetables, cereal, juice, meat, fruit, rice, cheese and other food.
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