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Steve Cohen: “That is what I was astonished about, Mr. Farr, when I watched this movie. It was Katie Couric, and I forget all the…”

On the recordJune 11, 2014
That is what I was astonished about, Mr. Farr, when I watched this movie. It was Katie Couric, and I forget all the other people involved in producing it. But it was about how Congress had basically acquiesced to special interests to change the dietary guidelines, to the detriment of children, women, and infants. Carbohydrates and the production of insulin causing the digestive system and body to produce fat is the main cause of obesity. It is not exercise. It is not pushing yourself away from the table so much, but they discovered it is carbs and white potatoes. So we are now putting white potatoes back because of the potato industry? This is the Idaho provision?
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee
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Jun 11, 2014

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