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Senators Stabenow, Boozman, Fetterman, Braun Announce Subcommittee Hearing on School Lunch and Breakfast Programs

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-AR), Ranking Member, today announced that the Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research will hold a hearing titled “Keeping Kids Learning in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program.” U.S. Senators John Fetterman (D-PA) and Mike Braun (R-IN) will chair this hearing.   

Date:     Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Time:    2 p.m.

Place:   562 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Who:

Ms. Crystal FitzSimons, Interim President, Food Research & Action Center, Washington, DC

The Honorable Russell Redding, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Harrisburg, PA

Testifying on behalf of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture

Ms. E. Nichole Taylor, Director of Food and Nutrition, Chichester School District, Upper Chichester, PA

Mrs. Kay Swartz Rentzel, Executive Director, Southeastern Food Processors Association, National Peach Council, and U.S. Sweet Potato Council, Dillsburg, PA

Dr. Meg Bruening, Professor and Department Head, Department of Nutritional Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Media Guidance: Congressionally-credentialed members of the media wishing to attend the hearing should RSVP to their respective gallery by 5:00 p.m. on September 17, 2024.

Daily print reporters should RSVP to Daily Press Gallery at 202-224-0241.

Periodical reporters should RSVP to Periodical Press Gallery at 202-224-0265.

Press photographers should RSVP to Press_photo@saa.senate.gov or 202-224-6548.

There is a mandatory TV pool. Contact the Senate Radio-TV Gallery 202-224-6421 for additional details.

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