A Republican state senator in Minnesota said Tuesday he was voting against a bill to provide free breakfast and lunch for school students in part because he'd never encountered anyone in the state who was hungry.
"I have yet to meet a person in Minnesota that is hungry," GOP state Sen. Steve Drazkowski said ahead of a vote on the legislation.A Republican state senator in Minnesota said Tuesday he was voting against a bill to provide free breakfast and lunch for “I have yet to meet a person in Minnesota that is hungry,” Sen. Steve Drazkowski said in of the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul before voting on the legislation.
"Now, I should say that hunger is a relative term," the 58-year-old legislator added."I had a cereal bar for breakfast. I guess I'm hungry now."
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