WEBVTT - Nancy Pelosi: Part 2

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to River Cafe Table four, a production of iHeartRadio

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<v Speaker 1>and Adami Studios.

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<v Speaker 2>A few weeks ago, a very special person came to

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<v Speaker 2>dinner at our home, Speaker of the United States House

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<v Speaker 2>of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi. Before greeting the other guests, Nancy

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<v Speaker 2>and I talked together about food and politics, food and family,

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<v Speaker 2>food in her Italian American childhood, and being the mother

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<v Speaker 2>of five children. We also spent quite a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>time talking about our shared passion for chocolate ice cream.

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<v Speaker 2>Is it sev? What time is it the seventh? Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>well they want.

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<v Speaker 3>Us to not time to eat yet, but I can't wait.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't wait up tonight we're having two chocolate Okay.

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<v Speaker 4>I was thinking that can make that my whole meal.

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<v Speaker 2>I won't.

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<v Speaker 4>My husband and I got married. We lived in New

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<v Speaker 4>York now New York for me. When I was a

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<v Speaker 4>young girl, a child really, our family would go to

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<v Speaker 4>New York regularly. We'd go to plays, we'd go to dinner.

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<v Speaker 4>All that New York was like heaven. So here we

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<v Speaker 4>were young, married in Manhattan. Paul was working but we

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<v Speaker 4>didn't have children yet.

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<v Speaker 2>The first year and what kind of restaurants would you

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<v Speaker 2>seek out.

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<v Speaker 4>We had shall we say, champagne taste and beer bottled purses,

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<v Speaker 4>so we didn't say that and go. We would go

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<v Speaker 4>to the best restaurants as if we were entitled, almost

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<v Speaker 4>or we would just go to the neighborhood Italian Americans

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<v Speaker 4>on New York or something, or the corner place to

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<v Speaker 4>have whatever it was. But New York was great because,

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<v Speaker 4>for example, if you wanted to have chopped chicken livers,

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<v Speaker 4>oh my gosh, the best place in the world for

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<v Speaker 4>chopped chicken. You know, anything you wanted, the best was

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<v Speaker 4>there carry out that would be. But we were largely

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<v Speaker 4>into dining out. Then we had children, and then it

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<v Speaker 4>was more than me.

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<v Speaker 2>And so when you when you were bringing up the children,

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<v Speaker 2>did you follow your mother's footsteps? Did you have somebody helping? No?

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<v Speaker 4>No, we had no help none. I mean, that was

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<v Speaker 4>a different world. When you have five children in six years,

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<v Speaker 4>help doesn't come anywhere near your house. They take detours you.

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<v Speaker 2>Help wouldn't come near you.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh my gosh, why would they.

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<v Speaker 4>You could go work with somebody with one child or

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<v Speaker 4>two children, why would they going to work with somebody

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<v Speaker 4>with five children?

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<v Speaker 2>So how did you do it?

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<v Speaker 4>It was intense. It was intense, but I would love

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<v Speaker 4>to do it all over again. It was the most

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<v Speaker 4>glorious thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Even lived in an apartment in New York. Or was

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<v Speaker 2>that time we were in San francisc.

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<v Speaker 4>No, well, we had four children in New York.

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<v Speaker 2>We did.

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<v Speaker 3>We left New York.

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<v Speaker 4>We had four children, the oldest was four, and we

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<v Speaker 4>had a lovely apartment in Beakman Place, and then we

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<v Speaker 4>moved to San Francisco and had a big home. I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>we didn't realize how small our apartment was until we

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<v Speaker 4>moved into a home in San Francisco, and that was lovely.

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<v Speaker 3>And then we had our fifth child there.

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<v Speaker 2>And how did you cook for five children? Did you

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<v Speaker 2>both cook? Did you cook? How did you feed them healthily?

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<v Speaker 4>They'll not say that I was a great cook. I

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<v Speaker 4>mean it was standard fair. And then as they got older,

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<v Speaker 4>I just got tired of washing pots and pants. I

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<v Speaker 4>didn't want to wash anymore pots and pans. So I

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<v Speaker 4>developed a practice where I would go to some place,

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<v Speaker 4>say MacArthur Park, which was a restaurant then that the

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<v Speaker 4>greatest ribs okay. Or we go to Lorocas which was

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<v Speaker 4>a seafood place. Or we go to Chinatown, taking duck

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<v Speaker 4>and I would make a salad, and I would bring

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<v Speaker 4>home this food. And it wasn't strictly carry out like.

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<v Speaker 2>Fast food.

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<v Speaker 4>It was delicious food from these restaurants. We have this

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<v Speaker 4>meal Linen's salad. So when I went to Congress, my

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<v Speaker 4>youngest daughter, Alexandra, she said, mother, I'm so proud of

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<v Speaker 4>you because you're a pioneer. I said, really, because I'm

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<v Speaker 4>a woman member of Congress. She said, no, Remember when

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<v Speaker 4>you used to cook and then you stopped. Well, now

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<v Speaker 4>a lot of people stop cooking, but you were the

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<v Speaker 4>first to stop.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh good, that's good that you pioneer. Oh it is

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<v Speaker 2>a liberation, isn't it. It can be creative cooking. It

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<v Speaker 2>can be exciting, it can be relaxing. I think affair.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's a lovely thing.

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<v Speaker 4>But three times day, every day, and with five children,

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<v Speaker 4>five will get you ten every time because they bring

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<v Speaker 4>So it's a thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>But the pots got me, the pots and pants that

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<v Speaker 4>got me.

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<v Speaker 2>So you got you got that's good. And then the

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<v Speaker 2>children got older. You then became more and more involved

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<v Speaker 2>in politics and participates.

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<v Speaker 3>Always said, we're in school all day.

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<v Speaker 2>How did food fit into that life? I mean, how

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<v Speaker 2>did it fit into working and being a working mother.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, the children would call it child labor. But we

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<v Speaker 4>would have many events at our home all the time,

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<v Speaker 4>and we always had food.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, the Democrats.

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<v Speaker 4>It was about people coming together, people coming so we

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<v Speaker 4>would always have food so that kids would help prepare.

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<v Speaker 3>And they say to.

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<v Speaker 4>This day, you know, for every salmon on a bagel,

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<v Speaker 4>we'd eat one and put one on the tray, and

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<v Speaker 4>these little ones. And when we would have dinners. I

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<v Speaker 4>hope none of our guests hear this, but here's how

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<v Speaker 4>we would do it. Say we have like many many

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<v Speaker 4>people coming to dinner. Once we had nearly two hundred,

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<v Speaker 4>we had a big house. We bought one of those pools,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, those little pools that children. You inflate it,

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<v Speaker 4>fill it with water and wash the lettuce in there.

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<v Speaker 4>Then you put it in a pillowcase, tie a knot

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<v Speaker 4>in it, and you put it on the spin cycle.

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<v Speaker 3>The dishes in the washing machine. The washing washing machine.

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<v Speaker 4>We have to be very careful because sometimes while we

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<v Speaker 4>tell people and they get it mixed up, they put

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<v Speaker 4>it in the dryer. That doesn't work. Had to be

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<v Speaker 4>in the spin cycle of the washing machine and come

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<v Speaker 4>out crispy. You have to have a big thing to

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<v Speaker 4>wash the lettuce and spin cycle.

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<v Speaker 2>Have Edie Vachel taken on that recipe for us, No, I.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't think so.

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<v Speaker 4>I think that they don't entertain one hundred people at

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<v Speaker 4>a time.

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<v Speaker 2>So I think shopping is a hard thing to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't you think getting this shopping done well.

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<v Speaker 3>We have a little motto.

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<v Speaker 4>If I don't have to shop for it, cook it,

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<v Speaker 4>or clean it up, I'm all in for it, whatever

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<v Speaker 4>it is.

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<v Speaker 3>But that's not your life.

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<v Speaker 4>It's very important. It's an art. I remember fascinating my

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<v Speaker 4>grandchildren by having them put a mountain of flour. Each

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<v Speaker 4>had their mountain of flour, break eggs and net, mix

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<v Speaker 4>it up this that and net, let it sit, roll

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<v Speaker 4>it out neat, you know, put us through the machine

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<v Speaker 4>and in the pot of water, and they're eating pasta

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<v Speaker 4>that was a mound of flour with an egg in

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<v Speaker 4>the middle.

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<v Speaker 3>They had their own individual.

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<v Speaker 2>Cooking in a restaurant, I say, people say to me,

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<v Speaker 2>how can you cook for two hundred people? And I

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<v Speaker 2>can't cook for eight? And I go, I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>I can cook for eight. It's much harder, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>because in a restaurant. It's so collaborative. You have somebody

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<v Speaker 2>chopping the barsa and somebody helping you pick the crab.

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<v Speaker 2>I think for a lot of people cooking at home

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<v Speaker 2>as a performance, and you know, and it's quite hard

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<v Speaker 2>to entertain. You feel that you are being judged or

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<v Speaker 2>is it good enough? Or well is it hot? It's

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<v Speaker 2>the old thing and it keeping it hot. Yeah, that's

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<v Speaker 2>a challenge in a restaurant too. And so what about

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<v Speaker 2>the Washington moving from San Francisco is a very food city.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean you have Alice Walters, you had Judy Rogers,

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<v Speaker 2>you have women chef, you have so many different types

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<v Speaker 2>of food. So was it a big wrench going from

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<v Speaker 2>such a food city to Washington.

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<v Speaker 4>Let me just say I live in San Francisco, I

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<v Speaker 4>work in Washington, Okay, And I was always working because

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<v Speaker 4>San Francisco is three hours earlier, so when other people

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<v Speaker 4>might go out to dinner, it was at seven o'clos

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<v Speaker 4>four o'clock in the afternoon in San Francisco. So I

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<v Speaker 4>was really always working. And people would say, what's a

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<v Speaker 4>good restaurant. I mean, I'm the worst person to ask,

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<v Speaker 4>but there are some wonderful restaurants in Washington that I

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<v Speaker 4>can now and look forward to, you know, just putting

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<v Speaker 4>work on the shelf.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you like about a restaurant? What do you

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<v Speaker 2>look for in a restaurant? Is it the food? Is

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<v Speaker 2>it the welcome, is it the descort? What?

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<v Speaker 4>First and foremost, it's the food. And it's very, very

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<v Speaker 4>important that there'd be a tablecloth. The tablecloth is not

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<v Speaker 4>only a tablecloth, it's absorbed sound. So it's little calmer

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<v Speaker 4>when you have that. Now there are many restaurants that

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<v Speaker 4>don't have tablecloths, that are wonderful restaurants. But I'm always

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<v Speaker 4>happy when I have a tablecloth, still at this point

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<v Speaker 4>in life. And I especially still like Italian food. But

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<v Speaker 4>of course I like friend. I like all you know,

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<v Speaker 4>good food, just like they're all different kinds of music,

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<v Speaker 4>from classical to rap whatever. Just as long as it's good,

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<v Speaker 4>it's good. And same thing with food. Well, we have California,

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<v Speaker 4>we have you know, the Mexican influence, we have the

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<v Speaker 4>we have every kind of food you can imagine in

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<v Speaker 4>the world.

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<v Speaker 3>In San Francisco.

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<v Speaker 2>So have great farms. And I think Alice has done great.

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<v Speaker 2>She's farmed to the table. She's a force.

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<v Speaker 3>This I mean unbelievable. Yeah, she's fabulous in every way.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you ever work at a restaurant? Would you take

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<v Speaker 2>somebody out and work over dinner or do you find

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<v Speaker 2>that you kind of work when you work and you

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<v Speaker 2>eat when you eat?

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<v Speaker 4>I like just to enjoy dinner. Now, maybe that's being Italian.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm a big believer in putting things on the shelf.

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<v Speaker 4>There's an expression in Latin a jay kuadaj. Just do

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<v Speaker 4>what you're doing if you're dining, if you're eating, and

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<v Speaker 4>then even if it means you have to split the

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<v Speaker 4>eating out and I'll work then, But I don't want

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<v Speaker 4>to do them together, especially since some times your conversations

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<v Speaker 4>can become.

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<v Speaker 3>Contentious.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, I don't mean in a negative way, but

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<v Speaker 4>it's like, why are we talking about this now? I'm

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<v Speaker 4>trying to eat my dinner.

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<v Speaker 2>And what about How does food fit into your work life?

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<v Speaker 2>Do you stop always for lunch? Do you have a

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<v Speaker 2>sandwich at your desk? Does it depend on the day

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<v Speaker 2>my work? No food?

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<v Speaker 4>Well, I have a salad maybe at my desk, but

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<v Speaker 4>like on Wednesdays, I have now for a long time now,

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<v Speaker 4>it's been a pick up lunch for my members. I

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<v Speaker 4>wish that I could be having them for dinner more

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<v Speaker 4>and stuff that we really can't because of COVID for

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<v Speaker 4>a long time, and some of the restaurants that would

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<v Speaker 4>be able to handle that scale just don't even exist

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<v Speaker 4>any I mean, some of them have moved on. But

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<v Speaker 4>the food is not an important part of my life

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<v Speaker 4>in DC.

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<v Speaker 2>In DC, when you travel, do you look forward to

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<v Speaker 2>having a state dinner or lunch? Is it something that

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<v Speaker 2>you think about on your foreign trips? What did you

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<v Speaker 2>have for lunch today? In London?

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<v Speaker 4>Today we had a beautiful lunch hosted by the Speaker

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<v Speaker 4>of the Househoil. It was lovely in every way and

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<v Speaker 4>he told me that they have a cook there at

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<v Speaker 4>the House of Commons, and it was beautiful in every way.

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<v Speaker 4>It was a lovely, lovely dining experience. It wasn't just

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<v Speaker 4>eating lunch. It was a dining experience.

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<v Speaker 2>How many of you were there?

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<v Speaker 4>Maybe one table, probably at least forty people at the table,

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<v Speaker 4>big long table, beautiful, beautiful flowers, beautiful food.

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<v Speaker 3>It was. It was lovely.

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<v Speaker 4>AND's London's come a long way, baby, I mean from

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<v Speaker 4>when we would come here when we were young.

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<v Speaker 3>Now you have everything yeah, you have everything.

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<v Speaker 2>It's really really good restaurants in London very much. Where

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<v Speaker 2>were you last night?

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<v Speaker 4>Last night we were at IV How good that nice?

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<v Speaker 3>I love Scott's.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. And we have to get you to the River Cafe.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, all of the River Cafe too. You're in there.

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<v Speaker 2>You come to myrowng time. One thing we have to get.

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<v Speaker 2>We're closed on Sunday nights, so you're forgiven for last time.

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<v Speaker 2>But we would love you to come.

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<v Speaker 4>And I like Wolsey because it has a lot of

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<v Speaker 4>we love it.

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<v Speaker 3>I want to chocolate.

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<v Speaker 4>That's why I go there. I mean, yeah, one of

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<v Speaker 4>the reasons.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a great restaurant I think London has. Definitely there's

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<v Speaker 2>so many different types again, different types of restaurants, and

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<v Speaker 2>that's one of the heartbreaking things about Brexit, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>is that we want to encourage different cultures and being

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<v Speaker 2>open and that's something we we must we mustn't forget.

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<v Speaker 2>We share values, we share concern for inequality, the fact

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<v Speaker 2>that there are children who are going to bed hungry

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<v Speaker 2>in Britain and in the United States. That we know

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<v Speaker 2>that during the pandemic, certainly in this country, school shot

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of children that was their main meal, and

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<v Speaker 2>so being in a position of influence and policy, what

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<v Speaker 2>do you feel about the question of child hunger, of hunger, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>well you know homeless people queuing up for food.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, I always say to members of Congress, know your why.

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<v Speaker 4>I'll tell people your why. Why do you think you

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<v Speaker 4>should be in Congress? What has motivated you? And my

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<v Speaker 4>why why I went from the kitchen to the Congress,

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<v Speaker 4>from housewives to house speaker was that one in five

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<v Speaker 4>children in America goes to sleep hungry at night. That

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<v Speaker 4>I couldn't handle it. It was just that we had

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<v Speaker 4>five children, and you think one of these children will

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<v Speaker 4>not have food, will not will go to sleep hungry

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<v Speaker 4>at night in America now and take it globally, and

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<v Speaker 4>it's sinful. It's sinful any place. It's immoral. And that

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<v Speaker 4>was my motivation and all that that implied. If they

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<v Speaker 4>were hungry, they weren't learning to their capacity, they were

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<v Speaker 4>not feeling that their needs were being met, and their

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<v Speaker 4>families were just not able to meet their families' needs.

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<v Speaker 4>And it is a kitchen table issue for some families.

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<v Speaker 4>Are they going to be able to put food on

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<v Speaker 4>the table, pay the rent, pay the utility, bill pay

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<v Speaker 4>for their children to go to school if that required

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<v Speaker 4>some payment. So the food issue, that one in five

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<v Speaker 4>children living in poverty going to sleep hungry at night

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<v Speaker 4>was my why, and so we all every step of

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<v Speaker 4>the way, have worked for policy to alleviate that, to

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<v Speaker 4>not only supply food, food programs, launch protos and that,

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<v Speaker 4>but also to improve the standard of living of people

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<v Speaker 4>so that they didn't have to choose between paying the

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<v Speaker 4>rent or feeding their children at dinner or taking a

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<v Speaker 4>turn eating.

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<v Speaker 2>And when you went into Congress, I just will say,

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<v Speaker 2>what was it one in five, how many years ago?

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<v Speaker 3>And it's still the same.

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<v Speaker 4>And that's really what's so tragic, because no matter how

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<v Speaker 4>you try to do one thing and another, all kinds

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<v Speaker 4>of things come along. My also when I went to

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<v Speaker 4>Congress was to fight HIV AIDS, and that was my

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<v Speaker 4>first speech on the floor of the House was about AIDS.

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<v Speaker 4>So you have all these challenges, and right now with COVID,

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<v Speaker 4>when we're talking about the Southern hemisphere and that people

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<v Speaker 4>are like, I have to worry about feeding my family

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<v Speaker 4>before I worry about what else is going on in

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<v Speaker 4>the world.

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<v Speaker 3>And it's still a challenge.

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<v Speaker 4>It shouldn't be and again, it's it isn't even an issue,

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<v Speaker 4>it's a value.

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<v Speaker 3>It's an ethic.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a value that goes way back. The concern, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>for looking after children is something that is just eight

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<v Speaker 2>years old. It's something that is a principle forever. And

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<v Speaker 2>in a way, it was very much feeding your children

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<v Speaker 2>and taking care of them. And then we became as

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<v Speaker 2>we advanced, we knew that we had to also educate

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<v Speaker 2>them and we also had to treat them in a

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<v Speaker 2>certain we had to love them, we had to you know,

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<v Speaker 2>show them different environments. But that we still haven't achieved

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<v Speaker 2>the feeding of children.

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<v Speaker 4>And when you think of it, Ruthie, when you think that,

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<v Speaker 4>when we're raising our own children, it's about nutrition and

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<v Speaker 4>you know, feeding the right thing, and then these.

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<v Speaker 3>Other children.

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<v Speaker 4>We have urban deserts in terms of you go to

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<v Speaker 4>the store and it's all process food. It's not fresh

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<v Speaker 4>vegetables or fresh fish, this, that and the other thing.

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<v Speaker 4>So these children are not even getting the nutrition even

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<v Speaker 4>if they're getting fed.

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<v Speaker 2>And adults, you know, Steve McQueen, the director, told me

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<v Speaker 2>that he was in Chicago and there were no vegetable

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<v Speaker 2>stores in poor areas. So it's something that we all

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<v Speaker 2>need to keep.

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<v Speaker 4>Just for one example, in Flint, Michigan, when they had

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<v Speaker 4>the water crisis, it gives me chills just to even

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<v Speaker 4>think about what it meant for those children. They were

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<v Speaker 4>drinking water that was harmful to them, but not only that,

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<v Speaker 4>it hurt their development in the rest. And we had

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<v Speaker 4>scientists and doctors who would come to us and say,

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<v Speaker 4>the only way out is for these children to have

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<v Speaker 4>fresh food and vegetables.

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<v Speaker 3>And you know all.

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<v Speaker 4>This, and if you go there, there might be one

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<v Speaker 4>store someplace that might not be near where they are,

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<v Speaker 4>whatever it is that would supply that. Now we're getting

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<v Speaker 4>a little more informed to that. You have to have

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<v Speaker 4>stores that are farmers' markets and things like that where

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<v Speaker 4>people can get fresh, fresh food. But it is directly

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<v Speaker 4>related to the development of their brains.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is how we should judge a society and

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<v Speaker 2>the value we place in the future of our children.

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<v Speaker 4>So it's not only a value, it's an art.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's what I was going. We're coming and they're

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<v Speaker 2>all waiting for us upstairs. But before we do, go

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<v Speaker 2>upstairs and eat and talk and greet the people who

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<v Speaker 2>are all waiting for you. In London, I would say

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<v Speaker 2>that we agree that food is values, food is an art,

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<v Speaker 2>food is family, food is memories. It is also comfort.

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<v Speaker 2>And there's a food and I can probably guess what

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<v Speaker 2>your answer is going to be, but there is a

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<v Speaker 2>food that we turn to when we just need comfort.

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<v Speaker 2>And Nancy Pelosi, my friend, what would be your comfort food?

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<v Speaker 3>Ice cream? No, dark, very dark. The older I get,

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<v Speaker 3>the darker the ice cream.

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<v Speaker 2>I would say that you were ever predictable, but I

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<v Speaker 2>did predict that answer.

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<v Speaker 4>Thank you so much, thank you, thank you, thank you,

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<v Speaker 4>love you, love you to thank you.

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