Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025

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Mr. FINSTAD. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for yielding.

I rise today in support of S. 222, the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, which I was proud to help introduce alongside Chairman Thompson.

As a fourth generation farmer raising the fifth generation, I know firsthand the importance of ensuring families have access to healthy and nutritious milk products. As a father of seven, my wife and I have purchased our fair share of milk on trips to the grocery store.

This legislation has been in the making for a long time, and it is past due that we send it to the President's desk and make this the law of the land.

Moving forward, every child across southern Minnesota and the rest of the Nation will have access to whole and 2 percent milk products when they go through the school lunch line. Moreover, this legislation will support our dairy farmers and the rural communities they call home. Farming is one of the most honorable and noble professions this country has to offer, and southern Minnesota is the home to some of the best dairy farmers and manufacturers in the world.

This legislation is a win-win for school-age children and dairy farmers across this country. I am proud that we now, once again, can say loudly: ``Milk: It does a body good.''

Mr. Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to support this important legislation.

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