Latest Answers http://www.askyourlawmaker.org/answers/latest/%2A/21/%2A/%2A a view of answers sorted by date en <p>They produce a lot of potatoes over there, I know that. There is very little their soil is actually conducive for agriculture. They do have some irrigated ground down in the south around Basra but, you know, most of that was drained or flooded by Saddam Hussein. I don&rsquo;t know if they&rsquo;ve ever gotten that infrastructure back yet. Not a whole lot of agriculture takes place in Iraq. There&rsquo;s a lot of desert there, so they don&rsquo;t have the water infrastructure either, is the problem. I mean I couldn&rsquo;t&hellip;I&rsquo;m just not sure. I think they have the starch they have a lot of starch the only thing would be potatoes that I know of at least at this point but they certainly don&rsquo;t do any corn or soybeans or anything like that or wheat which would be our traditional crops.</p> http://www.askyourlawmaker.org/answers/%2526lt%3Bp%2526gt%3Bthey-produce-lot-potatoes-over-there%2C-i-know-.-there-very-little-their-soil-actuall Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:14:58 -0500 Robin Wright 1386 at http://www.askyourlawmaker.org Nutrition education we already do within health classes. When my kids were in kindergarten or 1st Grade, and how many grains and how many dairies, so nutrition education, yes. One of the other questions to be asked is, is it the federal government’s role to tell schools what they should be doing within the choices that are available within a school. We need to keep in mind that within the past 40 some-odd years, we’ve been doing that within the school lunch program. We have set the standards within school lunches and we say there are standards that need to be met. What we haven’t really done is updated those standards. It’s not just what is available within the school lunch program. It’s also what is available for sale through other programs. http://www.askyourlawmaker.org/answers/nutrition-education-we-already-do-within-health-classes.-when-my-kids-were-kindergarten-or-1 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:09:27 -0500 1180 at http://www.askyourlawmaker.org Well first of all, it’s not up the federal government to mandate what schools teach. I would never want to intrude on the local jurisdiction of schools to decide who they hire, who the fire, what books use. That’s not the role of the federal government. But I do think the role of the federal government is, as long as we’re providing school lunches and school breakfasts and food in schools, that we ought to be able to say what foods would be allowed in those schools. If you’re gonna partake in the school lunch or school breakfast program, then you oughta be able to set guidelines for all of the foods in those schools. And that’s what I’m trying get accomplished. http://www.askyourlawmaker.org/answers/well-first-all%2C-it%E2%80%99s-not-federal-government-mandate-what-schools-teach.-i-would-never-want-i Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:07:38 -0500 1178 at http://www.askyourlawmaker.org I can guarantee you the entire west does not look like Grand Teton National Park, and I think some of these Congressmen think the entire west looks like Grand Teton National Parks. http://www.askyourlawmaker.org/answers/i-can-guarantee-you-entire-west-does-not-look-grand-teton-national-park%2C-and-i-think-some-th Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:08:22 -0500 1162 at http://www.askyourlawmaker.org Safety is a concern, but I’ve been to France a number of times and looked at their commitment to nuclear . . . I (just) don’t think safety is the scary issue that many of us thought ten, twenty years ago. http://www.askyourlawmaker.org/answers/safety-concern%2C-i%E2%80%99ve-been-france-number-times-and-looked-their-commitment-nuclear-.-.-.-i-%28j Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:42:26 -0600 861 at http://www.askyourlawmaker.org