“I like real food. Food that I can pronounce the name of.”

— House minority leader John Boehner, protesting to the new, healthier menu offered at the House cafeteria thanks to Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s “Greening the Capitol” program

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(Background on opposition from ag lobbies here. Some rather … piquant comments from Chris Bower here.)

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