Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act Moves to Senate

Ohio Ag Connection

Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act Moves to Senate

Ohio Ag Connection

Senate bill S. 1957, Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, gained two more cosponsors from Ohio and Kansas, totaling 13 sponsors to-date.

The identical bill authored by House Ag Chairman G.T. Thompson passed the U.S. House of Representatives 330-99 in December. The word is the Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow of Michigan needs convincing to bring the Senate companion bill to the floor.

The best way to keep this bill moving is to gain more cosponsors. S. 1957 has 13 sponsors from 10 states so far. They include Republicans, Democrats and an Independent as follows: both Dr. Roger Marshall (prime sponsor) and Jerry Moran of Kansas, Peter Welch (prime cosponsor) of Vermont, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, both James Risch and Mike Crapo of Idaho, both Susan Collins and Angus King of Maine, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi, Chuck Grassley of Iowa, and J.D. Vance of Ohio.