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Karine Jean-Pierre
Karine Jean-Pierre
stated on November 20, 2023 a White House press briefing
“Because wages are rising, this Thanksgiving dinner is the fourth-cheapest ever as a percentage of average earnings.”
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By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2023
Elise Stefanik
Elise Stefanik
stated on February 3, 2023 a news release
New York City Mayor Eric Adams proposes to “ban chocolate milk.”
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By Cameron Carr, Marnique O. Panepento • March 8, 2023
Alma Adams
Alma Adams
stated on November 26, 2019 a tweet
"The President wants to cut 3 MILLION people from SNAP, including children, seniors and veterans."
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By Paul Specht • December 3, 2019
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on March 29, 2019 a tweet
"19% of WVians rely on SNAP," or food stamps.
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By Kenneth Harmonay, Patrick Downey • May 10, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 1, 2019 news articles and blogs
Americans "would run out of avocados in three weeks" if imports from Mexico were stopped due to a border closure. 
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By Chris Nichols • April 3, 2019
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on April 16, 2018 a campaign ad
Says that "when federal bureaucrats wanted to prohibit the use of wooden cheese boards, which help make tens of millions of pounds of cheese a year" she "stepped in, helped eliminate the regulations."
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By D.L. Davis • June 7, 2018
Breitbart
Breitbart
stated on February 7, 2018 a headline
"Food stamp enrollment drops by four million in one month."
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By Amy Sherman • February 12, 2018
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 27, 2017 a White House briefing
France "wouldn’t buy Texas beef for some reason, yet 76 percent of their energy comes from nuclear power."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 30, 2017
Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on March 21, 2017 a press conference
"Global food demand is expected to increase by 50 to 97 percent by 2050."
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By Gabrielle Healy • March 30, 2017
John Patrick
John Patrick
stated on January 12, 2017 a Texas Capitol press conference
"If you have a family, the current minimum wage easily qualifies you for food stamps."
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 11, 2017
Danielle Nierenberg
Danielle Nierenberg
stated on January 9, 2017 a tweet
"Tanzania farmers face 12 years in prison for trading seeds thanks to foreign aid."
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By Linda Qiu • February 10, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 12, 2017 a news release
Imitation dairy products often differ nutritionally from those they mimic, and labeling them "milk" or "cheese" or "yogurt" is "against the law."
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By Dave Umhoefer • January 27, 2017
Foodmentum
Foodmentum
stated on October 10, 2016 a tweet
"Europe and U.S. households waste 15 times more food than a person in Africa."
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By Jon Greenberg • October 27, 2016