Wic Food Program News Today

Beef or that butter is now bad. so, at what point does the nanny state become so absurdly opposed to popular culture that you have to back up a long step and say, wait a second, do i really want you in my life on every front? >> were not trying to get in your life on every front. were not going into your refrigerator, not telling you what to buy. the wic food program is called the supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children. the goal of that program is to provides food and nut...

Delay because they want -- >> how do you enforce standards? >> what do you mean? if i live in massachusetts and my standards arent as good as in georgia, you go to your school board and say, mr. school board and mrs. school board, we would like you to make changes here. >> the $11 billion were spending on this program, we think schools should decide amongst themselves what they should serve. >> i think schools -- i think people at the local district, i think the national school board association...

Standards went into effect, less than 15% of schools were serving healthy school lunches. now under the new standards, 90% are, so the standards are working. why roll them back? >> were talking about very small number of schools are having problems. most schools are -- thats not true. youre punishing 90% of the kids for a very small problem. genevieve, i have a question for you. the school lunch program serves 30 million kids most of whom are from needy families, most of whom this is their bigge...

Women ate them. >> people are buying potatoes. nobody are saying potatoes are bad but saying this is a supplemental food package to fill your -- >> theyre already getting access to it. >> the design is to fill nutritional gaps. theres no gap in potatoes so theres no need to provide extra money to people to buy potatoes. >> part of the countrys reaction i think to whats going on in washington, this has been a growing feeling for at least 30 years is the elites have decided they will now tell us w...

Spending $11 million a year of taxpayer dollars on school lunches. lets not spend it on lunch. leads to higher rates of obesity and higher health care costs. im a new mom. i dont think you need years of parenting experience to know what the house republicans are doing is just right. newt, it has nothing to do with a year delay in these nutrition standards. they are trying to undo the standards altogether and undo the school lunch program. >> i can also claim to be a parent and grandparent. >> yo...