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Agriculture, Rural Development, Food And Drug Administration, And Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010

Floor Speech

Date: July 8, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Agriculture and Food Drugs

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Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin. I thank the gentlewoman.

Mr. Chairman, I rise today to engage in a colloquy with the chairwoman of the subcommittee. I commend her efforts to expand the Child and Adult Care Food Program in this bill by increasing the total number of States authorized to serve supper through the At-Risk Afterschool Care program.

According to the Food Research Action Center, the average daily participation of children in Wisconsin in the Child and Adult Care Food Program is over 63,000 kids. There is a great deal of need in my State and across the Nation to ensure that young people have the opportunity to have three nutritious meals a day.

I would love to work with the gentlewoman and my colleague, Senator Kohl in the Senate, to authorize Wisconsin to serve suppers in Wisconsin through the Child and Adult Care Food Program.

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