Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack issued the following statement regarding the House Committee on Education and Labor’s mark-up of H.R. 5504, “The Improving Nutrition for America’s Children Act:” “I applaud the commitment of Chairman Miller, Ranking Member Kline, Congresswoman McCarthy and Congressman Platts to ensuring that our children have access to healthy, nutritious meals…

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack issued the following statement regarding the House Committee on Education and Labor’s mark-up of H.R. 5504, “The Improving Nutrition for America’s Children Act:” “I applaud the commitment of Chairman Miller, Ranking Member Kline, Congresswoman McCarthy and Congressman Platts to ensuring that our children have access to healthy, nutritious meals…

Swift Passage by House and Senate Urged WILMINGTON, Del., July 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Nemours, one of the nation’s largest children’s health systems, applauds the House Education and Labor Committee for passing a child nutrition reauthorization bill that would make key improvements to federal child nutrition programs. Importantly for Nemours, the bill would: authorize the USDA to …

CHICAGO, July 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Feeding America and its network of more than 200 food banks across the country applaud today’s approval of a Child Nutrition Reauthorization bill by the House Committee on Education and Labor. This bill would be a significant step forward in achieving an end to childhood hunger by 2015. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, nearly 1 in 4 …