The Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, chaired by Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.), has scheduled a hearing titled “Better Meals, Fewer Pills: Making Our Children Healthy Again.” The session will focus on how unhealthy diets and the overprescription of medications are affecting American children’s health. Lawmakers will discuss potential solutions and consider what actions Congress can take to address these issues.
“Children across the country are facing a severe health crisis and are experiencing an increased likelihood of developing devastating, lifelong diseases and facing a diminishing quality of life. Ultra-processed foods, lack of exercise, and overexposure to prescription medications and other interventions are making our children less healthy than ever. More effort must be made to reverse Americans’ chronic diseases and improve diets nationwide. I look forward to hearing from witnesses on how Congress can work to improve children’s health and advance President Trump’s important initiative to ‘Make America Healthy Again,’” said Chairman Grothman.
The hearing is set for Tuesday, September 9, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. EST in Room 2247 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Witnesses include Dr. Dorothy Fink, Acting Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; and Dr. Eve Stoody, Director of Nutrition Guidance and Analysis Division at the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The event is open to the public with a livestream available online.
James Comer currently serves in the U.S. Congress representing Kentucky’s 1st district since replacing Ed Whitfield in 2016 (https://comer.house.gov/about). He previously served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 2001 to 2012 (https://comer.house.gov/about/full-biography). Comer was born in Carthage, Tennessee in 1972 and lives in Tompkinsville (https://comer.house.gov/about/full-biography). He graduated from Western Kentucky University with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1993.
