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Providing for Consideration of H.R. Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of Providing for Consideration of H.R. Ensuring Accountability in Agency Rulemaking Act; and for Other Purposes

Floor Speech

Date: Dec. 12, 2023
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. LANGWORTHY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support the rule that includes consideration of the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, an important step to ensuring America's children have access to healthy, nutritious options in their school cafeterias.

I represent the southern tier of New York, known for its proud tradition of dairy farming. Today, the southern tier is one of the top dairy-producing areas of the country. The entire Nation, including our Nation's children, depend on the ability of farmers to make ends meet and to get their products onto shelves, whether it is in our grocery stores or our school cafeterias.

Time and again, we have listened to the challenges dairy farmers are facing, from regulatory overreach, including from the Biden administration, to the volatility in the marketplace that is putting their long-term survival at risk.

The Biden administration's latest changes to the USDA Dietary Guidelines, restricting access to whole milk for children in school cafeterias, are certainly not helpful either.

Contrary to what this administration claims, the science is indisputable here. Milk provides essential minerals and nutrients for growing children. Sadly, thanks to the overreaching policies of bureaucrats here in Washington, the vast majority of America's children are unable to meet the recommended levels of dairy consumption necessary for their health and growth.

Mr. Speaker, we need to ensure that all milk options, including whole milk produced by dairy farmers like those in New York's southern tier, are available to America's kids in school. That starts by passing H.R. 1147 and reversing the Biden administration's scientifically unsubstantiated Dietary Guidelines.

Mr. Speaker, I am proud to be a cosponsor of the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act. As a member of the House Agriculture Committee, I look forward to supporting this legislation and ensuring that we don't take healthy, nutritious whole milk from America's kids.

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