One of the great opportunities that we have is the leadership of the First Lady on this particular issue.
Fortunately, the Congress had the wisdom to include in the Recovery and Reinvestment Act more resources for SNAP, more r...
The scale of these programs means that reforms can have a major impact on tens of millions of school children.
I view this as an important downpayment on the priorities mentioned above.
I think it is incumbent upon us to work with schools to create standards that basically define the nutritional value of ...
The problems that we face and are challenged today to address through this reauthorization process are significant and c...
These grim statistics add a note of seriousness to these hearings that we hold today.
If we fail to address this issue aggressively now, we will clearly, clearly pay for it in significant increases in healt...
The upcoming effort to reauthorize the Child Nutrition Program is a major opportunity for us to advance a number of key ...
This report highlights the seriousness of the child nutrition bill that lies before us.
I will tell you, just from a USDA perspective, we are encouraged by the number of grants, loans, business activity in ou...