“The Feeding Our Future happened because guardrails were taken up in the federal school nutrition program. And that is absolutely true,” Robbins said, adding that the first time it occurred was in 2020 when Omar’s MEALS Act bill was incorporated into the state’s coronavirus relief package.
“The Meals Act really is what loosened the guardrails on the whole federal nutrition program that led to the scandal we have seen,” Robbins continued.
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