Collins, Bennet Lead Bipartisan Letter Calling for Potatoes to Remain Classified as Vegetables
March 28, 2024
March 28, 2024
WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release:
This week, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Michael Bennet (D-CO) led a bipartisan group of 14 Senators in writing to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Thomas Vilsack and U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra in opposition to any reclassification of potatoes as a grain instead of a vegetable during the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs . . .
This week, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Michael Bennet (D-CO) led a bipartisan group of 14 Senators in writing to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Thomas Vilsack and U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra in opposition to any reclassification of potatoes as a grain instead of a vegetable during the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs . . .