Just yesterday, Members of Congress introduced a bill that could have devastating effects on hungry people around the world.

We’re pretty shocked.

The Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015 (H.R. 1987) sneaked in some language that has nothing to do with the Coast Guard and will please corporate interests at the expense of hungry people around the world if enacted. By cutting the affected agencies out of the process of determining how cargo preference is to be applied, this bill all but guarantees that our food aid programs will become even slower, less efficient, and more costly. The bill will essentially require that all emergency food aid from the United States be shipped on US ships. This type of corporate protectionism is unjustified and ultimately, costs lives.

This is the WORST kind of DC insider deal.

On Saturday, 270,000 supporters joined Global Poverty Project on the National Mall and heard from Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) and Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) who are working to ensure that US food aid is delivered in the most efficient and cost effective way possible. USAID explains that reforms that ensure food aid is shipped as efficiently as possible, coupled with other important changes to food aid policy, would free up $444 million in savings to feed 12 million more people up to two months faster.

As Senator Bob Corker explained last week in the Senate, people are “starving because of special interests in our nation.” And, if we let H.R. 1987 go through in its current form, things could get worse.

This isn’t the first time that this sneaky language has been introduced. Our partners fought this fight last year and we won. But, we can’t waste any time. Email your Member of Congress right now to make sure that they understand the effect that this bill could have on hungry people around the world.