mr. natsios had to say? >> well, thank you, margaret.ally, today the united states is being commodities overseas to deliver to people in need. it's giving out cash to people who are facing emergencies, inclung people who are refugees from syria. so there is authority to do it and $375 million was spent last year for that purpose. our members who are nonprofit organizations working overseas agree with what andrew just said which is we should be able to do that in cases where it's a goodn control it and get good commodity. but no matter what, we're going to have to buy commodities from the united states because there's not enough to buy locally and the commodities available are not the quality we need. so no matter what, even under this proposal, we need american commodities. and to us we shouldn't be bypassing the law that says how to provide it. and nowadays, unlike when andrew was there, there is prepositioning of commodities overseas near the areas where emergencies take place. and those commodities can get there even before local whic