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FRAC Statement: Chairman’s Mark for CNR Released
Washington, D.C. -- March 17, 2010 -- Today, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Blanche Lincoln released her “mark” for Child Nutrition Reauthorization. The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) is pleased that she is pushing forward the reauthorization process and using the bill as a means to attack America’s persistent child hunger problem, and that meeting the needs of low-income children for nutritious meals and snacks is a top priority. The “mark” takes several steps forward to ensure that low-income children can participate in child nutrition programs and receive the meals they need, including an expansion of the Afterschool Meal Program to all 50 states and improvements in processes for certification for school meals. A strong Child Nutrition bill is a key step in reaching the President’s goal of ending childhood hunger by 2015 and in reducing childhood obesity. FRAC is committed to working with Senator Lincoln and members of the House and Senate to move forward on key priorities, and to find additional funds, and the right mix of funds, to reach these goals and add more improvements in the programs.
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