Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Committee Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) has announced a hearing titled “Better Meals, Fewer Pills: Making Our Children Healthy Again.” The hearing will focus on how unhealthy diets and the overuse of prescription medications are affecting American children. Lawmakers will hear from health and nutrition experts about the current state of children’s health, potential solutions, and possible Congressional actions to address these issues.
“Children across the country are facing a severe health crisis and are experiencing an increased likelihood of developing devastating, lifelong diseases and facing a diminishing quality of life. Ultra-processed foods, lack of exercise, and overexposure to prescription medications and other interventions are making our children less healthy than ever. More effort must be made to reverse Americans’ chronic diseases and improve diets nationwide. I look forward to hearing from witnesses on how Congress can work to improve children’s health and advance President Trump’s important initiative to ‘Make America Healthy Again,’” Grothman said.
The hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, September 9, 2025 at 2:00 P.M. EST in Room 2247 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Witnesses will include Dr. Dorothy Fink, Acting Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and Dr. Eve Stoody, Director of the Nutrition Guidance and Analysis Division at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The event is open to the public and will be livestreamed online.
James Comer currently represents Kentucky’s 1st district in Congress after succeeding Ed Whitfield in 2016. He has served in this role since then, following his previous service in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 2001 to 2012. Comer was born in Carthage, Tennessee in 1972, is 50 years old, lives in Tompkinsville, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Western Kentucky University in 1993.
