On the recordMarch 30, 2009
I just find it odd that because a school board decides to let kids go off the campus, that somehow we have to permit junk food to be allowed on the campus.
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congress.govTom Harkin: “I just find it odd that because a school board decides to let kids go off the campus, that somehow we have to permit…”
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Harkin questions the logic of allowing junk food if students can leave campus.
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