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Vulnerable Communities' Meals
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Should be completely unacceptable to all Americans and should shake every American to their core. | |
| I have said time and time again that no one is safe in Trump's America. | ||
| Mothers, Capitol police officers, our neighbors, members of Congress, no one, not a single person should feel safe with him as our president. | ||
| This administration's extreme agenda does not reflect the best of who we are as a country, but instead seeks to turn us against each other. | ||
| We cannot allow that to happen. | ||
| 12A, we must once again remember the House in recess until noon today. | ||
| And the House considering legislation today to fund parts of the federal government through September 30th, including the Justice and Commerce Departments and related agencies. | ||
| Members will also vote to override two of President Trump's vetoes, which will require a two-thirds majority. | ||
| And a final passage vote expected on extending enhanced health care subsidies under the Affordable Care Act for three years. | ||
| The House expected back in about 10 minutes. | ||
| You can follow our live coverage here on C-SPAN when members return. | ||
| As we continue our live coverage, take you to remarks by HHS Secretary R.F.K. Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaking now. | ||
| The opportunity and the blessing of a lifetime to be a part of this effort to fight for our great American farmers and ranchers. | ||
| And again, like I say, to put them back in the middle of the policymaking to get real food out to America. | ||
| And listen, you know, I talk about me and my four teenagers and the struggles to ensure that that happens. | ||
| And the beautiful families behind me, including my sister, Riley Gaines. | ||
| I see you back there, Riley. | ||
| Amazing Riley Gaines and her beautiful new baby girl. | ||
| But that's a struggle and there's no doubt. | ||
| But listen, when you think about the vulnerable communities around this country, those who are living on the margins of their community, those who are just hoping that they can have heat for the winter and air for the summer and that they can potentially get a healthy meal or two on the table, it is now within dietary American health in the course of American history. | ||
| But the next step is making sure that these foods are accessible to all Americans, not just Americans with a certain bank account. | ||
| And I think I think in closing, I'll say this: it's really important as we prioritize this to note that these foods are affordable, that you can have a meal with pork or chicken or fish, and ground beef is coming down, ground beef, everybody. | ||
| With a vegetable, with a whole grain piece of bread, with a corn tortilla, you can have all of that on average for $3 a meal, which is much less than what a fast food meal could be or a certain amount of packaged foods. | ||
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Expanding Access to Healthy Food
00:08:05
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| But what we have to fix is how we make these foods accessible. | ||
| And one big announcement coming from USDA for every retailer in America that takes a snap dollar, our food stamp money, which is 250,000 of them, everyone. | ||
| So while we do have food deserts, there is opportunity amongst these 250,000 retailers across America. | ||
| Starting almost immediately, we are doubling what's called the stocking standard, making sure that if they're going to take a tax dollar on behalf of those with the least among us, that they will have twice as many healthy alternatives to choose from wherever those SNAP dollars are accepted off of this dietary guideline. | ||
| So again, I want to thank my incredible partner, Secretary Bobby Kennedy. | ||
| to thank the incredible HHS team, Callie and Stephanie and the whole team, Dr. Marty McCary, Dr. Buddha Chara, all of the incredible teams that have worked so hard to get to this day and know that while we are moving forward, this is really just the beginning for a new day in America. | ||
| The best is yet to come. | ||
| God bless you. | ||
| Thank you all. | ||
| What a joy to be here. | ||
| I was so excited I forgot to introduce the next speaker. | ||
| So here she is, y'all. | ||
| There's just no one better in the cabinet. | ||
| Administrator Kelly Loeffler, who herself is a farm girl, the 28th administrator of the SBA, grew up on a farm in Illinois. | ||
| everybody introduction You're such a dear friend. | ||
| And of course, to Secretary Kennedy for the tremendous work you're doing on behalf of the Trump administration and Maha. | ||
| Long live Maha. | ||
| Thank you so much, Bobby. | ||
| It's an honor to serve fighting every day to make America great and a sense of urgency. | ||
| Health care was more expensive than ever. | ||
| Americans were sicker than ever. | ||
| For decades, politicians responded by doing the same thing over and over, but demanding more money to do it. | ||
| Spending more, subsidizing more, funding the same entrenched interests while outcomes got worse. | ||
| That is why it's a new day under President Trump and under Secretary Kennedy's leadership. | ||
| We are pursuing an all-of-the-above America First, all-hands-on-deck approach to make our nation stronger and healthier. | ||
| On day one, President Trump delivered on his promise to lower drug prices. | ||
| He struck dozens of deals with pharmaceutical manufacturers that have already brought drug prices down in this country and they're going to continue to fall. | ||
| And then through the Working Families Tax Cut, he expanded health savings accounts, which puts families, not bureaucrats, in control of your health care. | ||
| He's ending a broken welfare system that hands health care dollars to illegal aliens and fraudsters that protect programs instead to protect programs for those who need it and deserve it. | ||
| President Trump has made historic commitments to innovation, including AI, which is going to improve diagnostics, reduce waste in the health care system, and deliver better health outcomes for all Americans. | ||
| And with the leadership of Secretary Kennedy, our public health priorities are now focused on prevention and science, no longer politics, and delivering healthier, longer lives. | ||
| So whether through revised, thank you. | ||
| So whether through revised vaccine schedules, better autism research, or much needed new dietary guidelines, this administration is focusing on standing with Americans, not big pharma or with big food. | ||
| The new food pyramid is common sense. | ||
| It's science-based. | ||
| It prioritizes whole, minimally processed foods, that's pretty common sense, and confronts the role that highly processed foods have in making our families, our children, and everyone sicker, not healthier. | ||
| So at the SBA, we're excited to support the small businesses that help deliver on Maha to help consumers make healthier choices and more affordable. | ||
| Small generational family farms like the one I grew up on make up roughly 97% of all farms in America. | ||
| So I want to thank our farmers and ranchers because you are the best of America. | ||
| These producers, along with America's small food producers, distributors, grocers, restaurants, are essential to delivering healthy choices for Americans. | ||
| So when we align health care policy, when we align dietary guidance and economic policy, we're redefining wellness for the future of this country. | ||
| And the SBA is ensuring that small businesses at every turn have a chance to support a healthier nation. | ||
| So we're expanding access to capital, strengthening local food supply chains, removing regulations, that's a big part of the SBA's remit, is to support deregulation that prevents healthy food from getting into the hands of our families, and removing regulations that have favored big food for far too long. | ||
| Because making America healthy again is not a single policy. | ||
| It's a movement committed to accountability, transparency, data, facts, and freedom. | ||
| And we're also confronting a system that profits from making America sick. | ||
| At SBA, we're proud to empower the entrepreneurs, farmers, and small businesses who will make America healthy again. | ||
| We're proud to invest in those who grow affordable, nutritious food for this country. | ||
| And we're so proud to join Secretaries Kennedy and Rollins and President Trump in making our country healthy again. | ||
| It is now my distinct honor to introduce my friend, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya. | ||
| He is the director of the National Institute for Health. | ||
| Thank you, and God bless you. | ||
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I don't think I've ever had walkout music before. | |
| It's amazing. | ||
| This is a huge day. | ||
| And let me just start with a very quick story about a research paper I wrote 15 years ago with the most obvious thing, the result ever, which is that if you take sugar-sweetened beverages out of SNAP, kids get healthier. | ||
| Okay, I wrote the paper 15 years ago and I forgot about it because no one did anything about it. | ||
| This administration, for the first time, under the leadership of President Trump and Secretary Kennedy, is doing something about it, and not just on sugar, soup, and beverages, but on the whole food pyramid, fundamentally changing the direction of this country with the new dietary guidelines. | ||
| It is one of the most significant resets of new federal nutrition policy I've ever seen. | ||
| And I'll tell you, those 15 years were frustrating because the data were there and no one was acting. | ||
| The difference in this administration is that we are now acting on the information that's there and changing it because we care deeply. | ||
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We're going to leave this to take you live to the House with a busy day of work ahead. | |