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Lawmakers look to heal Americans with 'food as medicine'

01/24/18 6:12 AM By Philip Brasher
KEYWORDS Chellie Pingree farm bill food stamps House Agriculture Committee House Appropriatiions Committee Jim McGovern Lynn Jenkins Roger Marshall SNAP
Reps. Roger Marshall and Jim McGovern could not be more different on paper. Marshall, a Republican, represents Kansas’ heavily agricultural 1st District, while McGovern is a liberal firebrand from Worcester, Mass. But the two lawmakers have rallied around the idea of "food as medicine."
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