Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Republican West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey touted a number of aggressive health-focused reforms during a Friday rally in Morrisey’s state.
Celebrating his signing of a bill which bans seven synthetic food dyes, Morrisey also signed waivers to request that the federal government make major reforms to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Morrisey told the West Virginia crowd that he wanted to implement “work, training and education requirements for SNAP recipients.” He also signed a waiver which requested that the government remove soda, the most-purchased SNAP item, from the program.
“If taxpayers are paying for it, let’s make sure it fuels health, not disease,” Morrisey said.
Morrisey also poked fun at himself,…
