this should have just happened as a course of doing business. the other thing that you see here is the true agenda of the republican party at the moment. this refusal to roll back the trump tax cuts from 2017 that added 1.8 trillion to the budget through 2029. as if you that carried interest, and the loophole, which is of course, a loophole for hedge fund managers, for the wealthy. and so the question becomes, what is is actually doing for everyday americans, a republican agenda. unfortunately here, many of the benefits that are relied upon by working-class americans, including snap, as you mentioned, were largely preserved, and this deal is expected to add about 50,000 people, i think, to nutrition to the nutrition rules of what people can get through that they need. so that s a win. the very people who are screaming right now about this
good because this week the gloves came off and her latest foray into the food fight saw some flexing of first lady muscle that we haven t sfreen our flotus before. she assembled with people from washington who make the decision about what goes on the menu in school lunch rooms. the gathering was in response to a bill backed by house republicans that would give an opt-out exemption to schools who say they can no longer afford to comply with the updated 2010 nutrition standards. it would give those schools a one-year waiver from the next round of new nutrition rules set to go into effect this fall. according to a washington post report backers of the bill were shocked at the first lady s decidedly different tone during her meeting when she had this to say about the lentiling. legislation. despite these successes, we re now seeing efforts in congress to roll back these new standards and undo the hard work that all of you, all of us have done on behalf of our kids.
successes, we re now seeing efforts in congress to roll back these new standards. this is unacceptable. it s unacceptable to me not just as first lady, but as a mother. transforming the health of a generation. is no small task. but we have to be willing to fight the hard fight now. that was first lady michelle obama today taking on house republicans over their attempt to roll back parts of the school lunch programs, nutrition rules. which republican lawmaker wants to curb the federal standard. this guy, congressman, of alabama, a member of the house appropriations committee and attached language to a spending bill that would grant a temporary one-year waiver to school districts if unable to comply. now today the first lady made it clear she is ready to fight. even if taking on congress. school directors melt at the was to discuss the success of nutrition standard.
because of you and your colleagues across the country tod today, tens of millions of are childrening eating meals, that meet modern nutrition standards. unfortunately, despite these successes, we re now seeing efforts in congress to roll back these new standards. this is unacceptable. it s unacceptable to me not just as first lady, but as a mother. transforming the health of a generation. is no small task. but we have to be willing to fight the hard fight now. that was first lady michelle obama today taking on house republicans over their attempt to roll back parts of the school lunch programs, nutrition rules. which republican lawmaker wants to curb the federal standard. this guy, congressman, of alabama, a member of the house appropriations committee and attached language to a spending bill that would grant a