As Americans grow increasingly unhealthy and overweight, Republicans have better places to aim their fire than the Biden administration’s necessary proposal to limit sugary chocolate milk consumption in schools.
While Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy spars with the White House on the debt ceiling, the No. 3 lawmaker in GOP leadership is waging another crusade. House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, whose Upstate New York district attracts big money from Big Dairy, is leading the charge against changes in federal nutrition standards that threaten chocolate milk in public school cafeterias.
“Elise Stefanik, Republicans Push Back On Biden’s War On Chocolate Milk,” ran the weekend headline from Breitbart.
The paper outlined the GOP effort to thwart a new proposal from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
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