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On the recordDecember 1, 2010
It does give extra mandates on the States, and the States are already overburdened and suffering financially. Republicans have an alternative to support child nutrition without growing government, but we are not able to bring those things to the floor. Hopefully in the next Congress, we will be able to. We are extremely concerned about the nutrition of our children, and of adults. I, as a physician, have been spending most of my adult life talking about nutrition and health, but this bill is not that. This bill is a nutrition bill for a bigger government, greater spending, and it must stop. I encourage my colleagues to vote against this bill. It is disastrous.
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Paul Broun
Republican · Georgia
Source
govinfo.gov
Dec 1, 2010

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Broun criticizes a bill related to child nutrition, arguing it increases government spending and mandates.

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