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The Heinz Awards

17th

August 3, 2010

The New York Times

The Senate’s Important Lunch Date
By Richard C. Lugar

WITH federal child nutrition programs due to expire Sept. 30, the Senate should approve reauthorization legislation this week, before the monthlong Congressional recess.

The bill was unanimously approved by the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee in March, and it has no significant opposition. It has simply been a victim of the crowded calendar of the Senate....

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Richard Lugar writes an Op-Ed for the New York Times on child nutrition programs