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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 23, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [&lt;a href="https://www.gpo.gov"&gt;www.gpo.gov&lt;/a&gt;]By Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania:H.R. 4742Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.[Page H3650]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]</fullName>
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          <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Giving Increased Variety to Ensure Milk Into the Lives of Kids Act or the&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;GIVE MILK Act &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This bill revises the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to allow WIC participants (or the parent or guardian of such participants) to elect to be issued nonfat milk, 1% low-fat milk, 2% reduced-fat milk, or whole milk.&amp;nbsp;Current WIC regulations restrict the milk choices for most women and children who are at least two years old&amp;nbsp;to nonfat or 1% milk, with exceptions.&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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