Posted on 12/30/2014 2:32:33 PM PST by PROCON
The Obama administration is becoming increasingly involved in what Americans put on their dinner plates and in their cereal bowls, from requiring school children to be served fruit to eliminating trans fats in doughnuts. But the new Republican Congress is already laying the groundwork to push back in 2015.
As the opening bell sounds for the 114th Congress, don’t be surprised to see GOP lawmakers take on school nutrition. The $1.1 trillion omnibus this month included provisions to allow states more flexibility to exempt schools from the Department of Agriculture’s whole-grain standards if they can show hardship and to halt future sodium restrictions
But that was only the opening salvo in the long-running fight over new reforms championed by first lady Michelle Obama.
Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.), chairman of the House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee, has been leading the charge on school lunch, along with Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.), a key member of the Senate Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee. But their cause is about to be picked up by the House Education and Workforce Committee, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.), and the Senate Agriculture Committee, chaired by Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), as they begin work to reauthorize the law governing school nutrition
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Defund Obamacare, let it "die on the vine".
Crack down on the out of control EPA; take away their budget.
Just do it!
2015, the year the GOP strikes back at Obama’s food policies... and surrenders on immigration and Obamacare.
That would mean that they would have to stand upon something & fight for what they believe in. I do NOT see any of those qualities in any of them!
Ya think there will be pushback from Weepy Boner’s Boys??
Ya think??
Dream on.
New leadership whispers are astir on the Hill; new leader, more gonads.
Exactly. Excuse me if I dont get too excited about this....
Yeah, time will tell, we will see if they can even undo what the Food-nazi Wookie squad has done to the kid’s lunches.
I’ve got my doubts...could be.. rasis.
Of all the things...
this is the best our guys can do with rinos and gop-e in charge. food menus.
yes that’s what we sent you there to do. as well as get along with democrats.
of course we knew it, but it’s just sad. democrats and democrats-lite running things.
I also am looking for new leadership within the party; perhaps Marsha Blackburn or Louie Gohmert for Speaker.
But, they have to start somewhere.
If that’s the only thing they “strike back” on there’s going to be a whole lot of former republicans voting 3rd party from now on.
i believe now the only’hope’is outside leadership. walter williams, thomas sowell, would be good candidates for speaker. non-career pols, non-lawyers.
Now the monsters want to outlaw sprinkles on ice cream. Please New Congress , STOP THE MADNESS!!!!
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