{"id":2395894,"date":"2025-01-28T01:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T06:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-congressman-to-introduce-fizz-no-act-to-make-america-healthy-again-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T01:02:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T06:02:05","slug":"republican-congressman-to-introduce-fizz-no-act-to-make-america-healthy-again-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-congressman-to-introduce-fizz-no-act-to-make-america-healthy-again-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican congressman to introduce FIZZ-NO Act to \u2018Make America Healthy Again\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublican-congressman-to-introduce-fizz-no-act-to-make-america-healthy-again-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2395894&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Republican congressman\u2062 from Texas, keith Self, is set to introduce \u200cthe \u2064FIZZ-NO Act, aimed\u2062 at \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">eliminating sugary carbonated \u2063beverages<\/a>, \u200bsuch \u2064as soda, from being purchased using Supplemental \u2063Nutrition Assistance Program\u2064 (SNAP) benefits. This initiative\u200c aligns with\u2064 the &#8220;Make \u2064America \u2063Healthy\u200d Again&#8221; movement, which is \u2063part of former President Donald Trump&#8217;s 2024 campaign and \u2063promoted by his health secretary nominee, Robert F.Kennedy,\u2063 Jr. The goal of the\u2062 FIZZ-NO Act is to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-an-influential-medical-journal-laundered-progressivism-as-public-health\/\" title=\"How an Influential Medical Journal Laundered Progressivism as \u2018Public Health\u2019\">improve public health<\/a> and reduce taxpayer costs\u2063 associated with health conditions linked to sugary drinks, \u200dsuch\u2062 as obesity,\u200d diabetes, and heart \u2063disease. Self argues that allowing SNAP\u2064 to fund these \u2064beverages contradicts the program&#8217;s original purpose of \u2062helping \u2063low-income individuals \u200baccess nutritious food. He emphasizes that addressing these health issues could alleviate\u2062 some of the\u200c important \u2063financial burdens on the healthcare system, which costs taxpayers around $190 billion annually.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Republican congressman to introduce FIZZ-NO Act to &lsquo;Make America Healthy Again&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1955176\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The &ldquo;Make America Healthy Again&rdquo; movement was integral to President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s 2024 campaign. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mahanow.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spearheaded<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/robert-f-kennedy-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.<\/a>, Trump&rsquo;s nominee for health secretary, MAHA drew the support of, among other things, people seeking to eliminate harmful products in the nation&rsquo;s food supply. Keeping with that theme, a Republican congressman from Texas plans to introduce a bill that would put an end to permitting the purchase of sugary carbonated beverages, such as soda, through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3276095\/why-keith-self-switched-vote-house-speaker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Keith Self<\/a> (R-TX) will introduce the Funding is Zero for Zero Nutrition Options Act today. It is part of a legislative endeavor to improve public health and reduce taxpayer costs by prohibiting sugary, unhealthy carbonated drinks as eligible purchases with SNAP, a press release from Self&rsquo;s office stated. The regular consumption of such sugar-filled refreshments has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nutrition\/data-statistics\/sugar-sweetened-beverages-intake.html#:~:text=Frequently%20drinking%20sugar%2Dsweetened%20beverages,gout%2C%20a%20type%20of%20arthritis.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">linked<\/a> to harmful health conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and heart and kidney disease, among others.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;SNAP was originally created to help the poorest Americans access nutritious food,&rdquo; Self said. &ldquo;Allowing taxpayer dollars to subsidize sugary sodas, which offer zero nutritional value and contribute to costly health conditions, is counterproductive. The FIZZ-NO Act is a common-sense solution to strengthen public health and reduce the financial burden on taxpayers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The burden on taxpayers is an unrealized cost that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-goes-into-picking-a-vice-president-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"What goes into picking a vice president - Washington Examiner\">typically doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t get much attention. This is especially true when considering the number of people affected by the negative ramifications associated with sugary carbonated drinks. For example, 40% of adults and 19% of children in the United States are considered obese, according to information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the release noted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the aforementioned adverse health issues, these ailments &ldquo;cost our healthcare system $190 billion annually.&rdquo; In turn, the U.S. taxpayer funds these costs. Self&rsquo;s rationalization is predicated on the notion that if these health problems never develop, or at least not at the expense of tax revenues that fund SNAP, then removing soda and other sugary carbonated drinks from SNAP-eligible purchases would be fiscally prudent and help &ldquo;Make America Healthy Again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1955176\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1955176\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican congressman to propose FIZZ-NO Act for health<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2395895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/soda-tax-1024x579.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[49313,4964,4762,40198,3911],"class_list":["post-2395894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fizz-no-act","tag-health","tag-legislation","tag-make-america-healthy-again","tag-republican"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/soda-tax-1024x579.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2395894"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2395898,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395894\/revisions\/2395898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2395895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2395894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2395894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2395894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}