Food stamp purchase of vitamins/minerals to be subject of Senate hearing.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
VITAMIN/MINERAL FOOD STAMP COVERAGE WILL BE DISCUSSED IN SENATE HEARING before the Agriculture Committee "as promptly as we can," Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) said on the Senate floor Feb. 7. Lugar, chairman of the Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry Committee, agreed to hold the hearing under the stipulation that Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) withdraw his amendment to the Senate farm bill (S 1541).