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Cory Booker: “Corporate lobbyists wrote [the food system] this way. Both…”

Featuring: Cory Booker, Democratic | U.S. Senate, New Jersey

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Published | Video Starts at 05:52

And they use our tax dollars to make it that way. This is not the free market. This is not by accident. This is a policy choice. Corporate lobbyists wrote [the food system] this way. Both parties signed it. And the American people are paying for it with their wallets, with their waste lines, and with their lives. So here's my big idea. And it actually fits on a bumper sticker. (05:52–05:59)

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Asserts that corporate lobbyists and bipartisan support shaped the current food system.

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