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Mike Kennedy: “I was on the free school lunch program at my school since…”

Featuring: Mike Kennedy, Republican | U.S. House Utah, 3rd Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 07:28

What was that like and how does that inform what you bring to the table on this issue now? Thanks for that question, Nick, because I happened to find a job. The, the fact that I was on the free school lunch program at my school since starting in seventh grade, all the way through 12th grade. in fact. I'll, I'll add to that. I rode the bus every day to and from school, 45 minutes one way. So 90 minutes that I spent on the bus every day. (07:28–07:31)

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Asserts personal experience with the free school lunch program from seventh through twelfth grade.

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