I am a co-chair of the Congressional Arts Caucus and through the Caucus we promote the advancement of music and arts education.

But by taking a comprehensive approach to nutrition, our children, families and communities will all be healthier.

The 2004 reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act required school districts to implement local wellness policies in all schools.

I am blessed with an incredible wife who, with both of our children, breastfed both of them...

So what you are doing won't just benefit the children, as we know from seat belts. It will ultimately benefit the parents, too.

And believe me, the only reason that more schools aren't coming--we see about 60,000 kids a year--is due to money.

I am a perfect example that--me learning from my kids, because one of the things my children do get snacks, but thanks to my wife, healthier more so than my eating habits of the past.

I am not convinced--and I haven't taken a position on Lynn's legislation because I am torn between local control school districts and elected school Board members in Pennsylvania having a say versus me telling them what to have to do on…

The objective of the local wellness plan is to change students' eating habits while simultaneously encouraging increased activity.

Over the last ten years, obesity in the United States has been increasing at a staggering rate.

Today we are here to discuss childhood obesity and child nutrition programs.