Political Quotes

“I want to turn this discussion to what our vision is for these primary care community health centers. I think we all realize we have an obesity epidemic in this country, too, and a type 2 diabetic epidemic in this country that we need to address on the front end. I am so happy to see some of my community health centers coming in and doing nutrition classes. They are doing cooking classes. I think so many folks of our current generation maybe learned how to do some cooking, but fast foods were a little bit too easy. It is that out-of- the-box thinking you get with different programs. I call it coaching. We need to be coaching folks up and teaching them but also give them the opportunities. So whether we are on the Ag Committee and working on food programs, we try to bring all these pieces together in the program as well. I know Senator Sanders is also certainly committed to helping us address this. He has been a leader on this issue, trying to take care of folks with diabetes as well. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.”