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Bill Clinton: I'm going to ask Mr. Jennings not to take any more advertisement from junk food manufacturers. Let me say, if you look…

On the recordFebruary 20, 1993
I'm going to ask Mr. Jennings not to take any more advertisement from junk food manufacturers. Let me say, if you look at what the fast food chains--this is not McDonald's--if you look at Burger King, if you look at Wendy's, if you look at Taco Bell--look at a lot of these fast food places, in the last few years, a lot of them have made a real effort to reduce the junk food content of the food they sell. They're offering more lean chicken; they're offering more fish; they're offering more salads and vegetables. I think a lot of the fast food places are trying to increase the nutritional content of what they sell. Let me just say this: About 40 percent of American food dollars are now spent in fast food places, because so many mothers and fathers work--parents work. And it's very important that you keep the pressure up, through Kids Against Junk Food, to keep the pressure up to say, ``Okay, a lot of people work. They're busy. They have to buy food at fast food places. But increase the nutritional content of the food.'' I think that's what you ought to do, and I think that's the position I ought to take. Mr. Jennings. Go ahead.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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