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On the recordDecember 13, 2023
Mr. Chairman, oh, those experts, those experts have done us so well in the United States of America. Why are we $33 trillion in debt? Why do we have childhood obesity that is off the charts at this point? Oh, those experts serve us so well, those experts that told us that butter is not good for us. Remember that a number of decades ago? Growing up on a dairy farm in western Wisconsin, I couldn't believe the experts were telling us that butter is not good for us. Well, all of a sudden, they are changing their tune on that. They told us that we shouldn't possibly drink whole milk. They are beginning to turn on that also and saying maybe that is good for our children. Yeah, the experts, they have done us so well. The reason I bring this before the House of Representatives is I did listen to experts, those people who run the school lunch programs. I will never forget a day about a decade ago when I stopped at a local gas station in northern Wisconsin, and a school lunch director came up to me--I didn't even know her--she said, at that time, Senator Tiffany, would you tell the Federal Government to get out of our school lunch program? We are throwing away so much food. Remember Michelle Obama's school lunch dictates that she put in place? The school lunch director said, Don't do that to us.…
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Tom Tiffany
Republican · Wisconsin

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