My point would be that we have these wonderful academic researchers and experts. Perhaps we could design a study that was statistically valid and which would consider the difficulty that the food merchants have, but also get to the core of the fact that when we were kids, the only time we ever had soda or pop was when it was someone's birthday. And when I see $6 billion, perhaps $3 billion of taxpayer dollars being spent on soda, which has no nutritional value, in a program that is called Supplemental Nutrition Assistance, something is wrong.
John J. Faso: “My point would be that we have these wonderful academic researchers and experts. Perhaps we could design a study that…”
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Faso criticizes SNAP spending on soda, questioning its nutritional value.
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