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Mandates putting a label. john: it would scare consumers. >> it is misleading consumers to believing something that is false. john: whole foods said they will do it voluntarily. jeff is this enough for you? >> no, i think we need to actually ban gmos, evidence is clear from independent scientists, however, when speaking about labeling, it is not responsible to force gmos on the population, right now for example, wic program gives 2 million children, infant formula, every one of those is geneticallally engineered and parents do not know. >> one of most gmo activists, came outo at a conference i...

Water act. and bob dole bragging about fully funding the violence against women act. we didn't have that in effect for the last year because republicans in the last congress were not sure they were for it anymore. most of them voted against it. bob dole ran for president in 1996 as the republican who rally expanded the food stamp program. republicans all over the country in every state where they're in control right now are cutting food stamps, trying to cut them federally. the evils of food stamps are essential to the narrative of what's wrong with america today. this was not that long ago. b...

Essentially get rid of the clean water act. and bob dole bragging about fully funding the violence against women act. we didn't have that in effect for the last year because republicans in the last congress were not sure they were for it anymore. most of them voted against it. bob dole ran for president in 1996 as the republican who rally expanded the food stamp program. republicans all over the country in every state where they're in control right now are cutting food stamps, trying to cut them federally. the evils of food stamps are essential to the narrative of what's wrong with america tod...

>> well, of course i want to make sure that families are making enough money so they don't have to rely on wic and snap. we know through our research and this has been known for a long time that the wic program prevents developmental delay. it helps a child's growth potential, extremely important for their school readiness and being ability to arrive to kidder garten ready, and alongside their peers. the fact that we have 50% of american children, 50 percent of the newborns in this country participating in the wic program, it tells us number one how great a reach is. it's a fantastic public he...

And head start programs due to federal funding cuts spurred by sequestration. for those folks, today bringing no effect in policy. places like food finders food bank are expecting a 5% drop thanks to cuts in the community development block grant program. nothing happened today to change that. there are local news stories like these across the can country and all because of sequestration. automatic austerity. it doesn't e there. because other sequestration cuts place a greater demand on the nonprofit. 4 million meals to seniors. 600,000 women, infant and children from wic program. those people ...