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Mike Conaway: “I would like to clarify the Record. Of the 265,000 children that have been mentioned a couple of times, 95 percent of…”

On the recordMay 16, 2018
I would like to clarify the Record. Of the 265,000 children that have been mentioned a couple of times, 95 percent of them would in fact maintain access to reduced lunch prices because their families make too much money to qualify for the free lunch, but 5 percent of that 265,000 would in fact maintain the free lunch program as it currently exists. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Rodney Davis), chairman of the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research. {time} 1745
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Mike Conaway
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May 16, 2018

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