The opportunity for the g. O. P. . Guest midterm elections are still 19 months away. So far the three months of the Trump Presidency has felt like three years. We dont know what the political environment will be like in 2018 but the first year, first couple months of a presidency are usually the biggest window for governing and legislating. Republicans have a majority in the house, a majority in the senate, and whether trump says so or not, the buck stops with the g. O. P. In the mind of voters. So right now you have a combination of an angry democratic base. We know theyre probably still going to be angry in 2018 but we also have a restless Republican Base thats very concerned about trumps ability to actually cut deals and get things done given the failure of health care and the likelihood of where tax reform is headed which is not looking much rosier. That combination of a disappointed base and an angry opposition is a potentially toxic combination. Host you wrote the following quote
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Meghan stas, senior director and Grocery Manufacturers Association here in washington, d. C. And diana aviv, kre feeding america in chicago, illinois and emily leib, the director of food law policy clinic, harvard law school, jamaica plains, massachusetts. Ill let everybody get to their seats. All right. Miss gunders, if you will begin when you are ready, maam. Ranking member peterson and members of the committee thank you for inviting me to testify today and be willing to explore this issue. Any name is dana gunders, im a Senior Science at the National Resources Defense Council and the author of a widely cited report on food waste and a book called the wastefree kitchen handbook which is a guide to not wasting food. Imagine walking out of the Grocery Stores with five bags in the parking lot and dropping two and not bothering to pick them up. It seems crazy but that is what were doing when we are wasting 40 of our food. Were leaving entire fields unharvesting and eliminating produce fo