Soda On The Taxpayers’ Dime? Brandon Gill Isn’t Buying It

On Thursday, Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) interrogated nutrition awareness advocate Gina Plata-Nino about Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) dollars covering sugary drinks and her organization’s conflicts of interest with food companies. Plata-Nino is the SNAP director at the Food Research and Action Center, according to the organization’s website, and her job is to “wield her ...