Senators Want Child Nutrition a Top Legislative Priority
July 14/Washington/US Fed News -- U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, and Congressman George Miller (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor today sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to make child nutrition reauthorization a top legislative priority before current programs expire on September 30 of this year.
Lincoln delivered the letter to the president during a meeting at the White House where she was joined by other Senate leaders to discuss legislative priorities before the August recess. Lincoln's "Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act" passed the Senate Agriculture Committee unanimously in March and now awaits consideration by the full Senate. The House Education and Labor Committee will hold a mark up on its version of child nutrition reauthorization legislation the "Improving Nutrition for America's Children Act."