President Donald Trump’s recently-signed bipartisan Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act is a “win for everyone,” representatives on the Hill told the Washington Reporter.
“Today is a great day for America’s kids and dairy farmers,” Rep. Tony Wied (R., Wis.) told the Reporter. “The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act is a commonsense piece of legislation that I was proud to cosponsor and I am thrilled to see President Trump sign it into law today. Growing children benefit from essential nutrients found in whole and 2% milk and farmers will benefit from greater demand for their products. Simply put this law is a win for everyone.”
Dairy-heavy states like Wisconsin, as well as for Secretaries Brooke Rollins and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., supported the bill. The bill also is the latest Trump-era rejection of an Obama-era policy that banned schools participating in the United States Department of Agriculture’s school meals program from serving whole milk.
“From day one, I’ve been all-in on the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act because it’s a bipartisan win for our kids’ nutrition and keeps Wisconsin dairy front and center,” Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R., Wis.) told the Reporter. For years, Van Orden has championed the bill, arguing that it is a win for both Wisconsin kids and dairy farmers. “Kids across America will have access to the nutrition they need to thrive in school and beyond, while supporting the farmers who produce some of the best milk in the country.”
“We’re moving at Trump time,” Agriculture Secretary Rollins said.. She predicted to Trump during the bill’s signing that the rollout would be ready for implementation in just a few weeks. “Healthy kids eat real food,” Kennedy added.
The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act is a bipartisan, bicoastal, bicameral win for Trump, as well as for Sens. John Fetterman (D., Pa.), Dave McCormick (D., Pa.), Peter Welch (D., Vt.), and Roger Marshall (R., Kansas), as well as Reps. GT Thompson (R., Pa.) and Kim Schrier (D., Wash.).
