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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