Rachel Ray Lends Star Power to School Food Bill
First it was Richard Simmons, getting Congress to exercise.
Now Rachel Ray is lending her star power to the House Education and Labor Committee's effort to revamp school nutrition programs. Apparently, she thinks a bill introduced today by Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., the chairman of the committee, is yummo and delish.
Ray, who participated up in a press conference on Capitol Hill today to roll out the legislation, asked the audience to imagine what it is like for a child to go hungry.
"The difference an apple or a good school lunch makes to these kids ... it's more than just keeping them focused in class, it literally is everything," she said.
The bill is also being championed by Reps. Todd Platts, R-Pa., and Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y. The Senate Agriculture Committee passed its own version of the measure earlier in this Congress. It's awaiting floor action.
The measure seeks to better coordinate child nutrition programs with data produced by other federal agencies so that more kids can participate. For instance, the bill would make it easier for kids to enroll in the school lunch program by using Medicaid/SCHIP data to show that their families meet the necessary income requirements. And it would use U.S. Census data to help steer meals to high-poverty schools. The measure also would aim to
Now Rachel Ray is lending her star power to the House Education and Labor Committee's effort to revamp school nutrition programs. Apparently, she thinks a bill introduced today by Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., the chairman of the committee, is yummo and delish.
Ray, who participated up in a press conference on Capitol Hill today to roll out the legislation, asked the audience to imagine what it is like for a child to go hungry.
"The difference an apple or a good school lunch makes to these kids ... it's more than just keeping them focused in class, it literally is everything," she said.
The bill is also being championed by Reps. Todd Platts, R-Pa., and Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y. The Senate Agriculture Committee passed its own version of the measure earlier in this Congress. It's awaiting floor action.
The measure seeks to better coordinate child nutrition programs with data produced by other federal agencies so that more kids can participate. For instance, the bill would make it easier for kids to enroll in the school lunch program by using Medicaid/SCHIP data to show that their families meet the necessary income requirements. And it would use U.S. Census data to help steer meals to high-poverty schools. The measure also would aim to
