The chair of the House Ag Committee , Mike Conaway from Texas, provides his votes on issues summarized in a handy chart. ‘
According to Politico, his opinion on whether SNAP should omit sugary beverages is unclear, although
He did offer his take on sugar-sweetened drinks: “Sugary drinks have a clear impact on people’s health, but if we eliminated them off the face of the earth, I don’t know that obesity rates would be any different.
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And then there’s The Food Marketing Institute , which posted this appreciative tweet:*