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Joe Pitts: “In fact, we don't control what people eat. They control what we can sell to them.”

On the recordOctober 11, 2011
In fact, we don't control what people eat. They control what we can sell to them.
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Joe Pitts
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Pitts discusses the misconception about food companies controlling consumer choices.

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