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John Fetterman

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John Karl Fetterman is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Pennsylvania since January 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously held the position of the 34th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania from January 2019 to January 2023. Fetterman is known for his progressive stance on various issues, including education and food security.

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Sep 18, 2024

American kids should be eating American-grown food in our schools. It is safer, healthier, and supports our own economy.

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Sep 18, 2024

School lunch should always be free, and definitely free of judgment.

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Sep 17, 2024

I personally, I think that is absurd.

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Sep 17, 2024

I thank Chairman Fetterman for introducing legislation to expand CEP and supporting Universal School Meals Program Act.

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Sep 17, 2024

The Universal School Meals Program Act creates that path.

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Sep 17, 2024

A full stomach is critical for children to learn.

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Sep 17, 2024

That is crazy, and I cannot even imagine that, to go hungry for the rest of the day just because you were embarrassed to actually just, you know, to get lunch.

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Sep 17, 2024

I stand with the farmers, the food manufacturers, the labor unions like the Teamsters, who support this bill.

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Sep 17, 2024

Strengthening the Buy American provision ensures that the children eat not only safe and nutritious food but it supports the backbone of American agriculture.

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Sep 17, 2024

I am determined to do everything in my power to pass a farm bill by the end of the year that does that.

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Sep 17, 2024

I really want to thank all of you for coming here and enlighten all of us throughout all this, because I really do fundamentally think that it is so very critical.

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Sep 17, 2024

American kids should be eating American-grown food in our schools. It is safer, healthier, and supports our own economy.

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Sep 17, 2024

A full stomach is essential for making our children can learn and be successful.

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Sep 17, 2024

By buying American food for American schools we are not only supporting our children but also safeguarding the livelihoods of the families who grow, harvest, and process our food.

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Sep 17, 2024

Senators Casey and Fetterman's School Hunger Elimination Act would do both.

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Sep 17, 2024

School lunch should always be free, and definitely free of judgment.

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Sep 17, 2024

Senator Fetterman's Nutrition Red Tape Reduction Act does just that.

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Sep 12, 2024

If we're able to blunt some of those Trump margins and those deep red counties, you know, 81 percent, those can be lethal if that's across Pennsylvania. But if you blunt those down into the 70s, into the 60s, that's why Harris is going to…

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Sep 12, 2024

It's going to be a gut check kind of a thing. And a majority of people will decide that they want four years of Donald Trump kind of chaos and debasement or did you want a new way forward like that's Harris.

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Sep 12, 2024

I do believe. And I've been consistently saying that the Vice President is going to win in Pennsylvania and ultimately become our next president.

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Aug 6, 2024

And the Republicans are really eager to talk about anything other than, you know, how terrible of a vice president selection of Vance is.

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Aug 6, 2024

You know, talking about communism and that kinds of -- it's bizarre and it's talking about school lunches and standing up for LGBTQ community, or talking about making insulin cost $35 or less.

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Aug 6, 2024

And that's why I'm proud to be part of that team. You know, Harris and Walz now, as they raised $36 million just that in 24 hours on that, and look at what happen in Philadelphia.

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Aug 6, 2024

I mean, of course, he -- he's just -- he's a sore loser and he got smoked in 2020 and he lied and Fox News had to pay $800 million in court because they -- Fox carried that kinds of lies.

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