it s unacceptable to me not just as first lady but as a mother. this is what i tell myself in 10 or 20 years i don t want to look back with regret and think that we gave up on our kids because we felt like this thing was too hard or too expensive. we owe our kids way more than that. we owe our kids more than that, and we do. one-third of kids in this country are overweight or obese. one-third. so what s the gop solution? republicans are pushing a bill that would allow schools to opt out of guidelines passed in 2010, guidelines that reduce sodium in school lunches and increase whole grain foods, fresh fruits and vegetables. so now republicans have become the party of promoting healthier kids? it makes. no sense. and the explanations are pretty tough to swallow. i have not talked to industry about this. i don t know if they have contacted your office about it. but it on my side i ve not heard from them. i m hearing from the lunch ladies. kids are saying, you know what