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Pat Roberts: “The School Lunch Program was originally created as a measure of national security, 'to safeguard the health and…”

On the recordMay 6, 2015
The School Lunch Program was originally created as a measure of national security, 'to safeguard the health and well-being of the nation's children and to encourage the domestic consumption of nutritious agricultural commodities.'
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Pat Roberts
Republican · Kansas

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Roberts explains the historical importance of the School Lunch Program.

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