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Statement by the First Lady on the House Education and Labor Committee's Passage of the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Bill

July 15, 2010

I congratulate Chairman Miller and the House Education and Labor Committee on the successful bipartisan passage of a child nutrition reauthorization bill out of the Committee today. This important legislation will combat hunger and provide millions of schoolchildren with access to healthier meals, a critical step in the battle against childhood obesity. I urge both the House and Senate to take their child nutrition bills to the floor and pass them without delay. The President looks forward to signing a final bill this year, so that we can make significant progress in improving the nutrition and health of children across our nation.

Michelle Obama, Statement by the First Lady on the House Education and Labor Committee's Passage of the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Bill Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/320935

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