I will support legislation to provide free breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a snack to every student regardless of income.

John B. Larson · Connecticut · Democratic

policy impact 4.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 96%

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Occurrences

Their bill would offer free breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a snack to every student in America, regardless of income, eliminate school meal debt, and incentivize the use of locally grown food in schools.

The press release describes the Universal School Meals Program Act's promise to provide universal free meals to students regardless of income.

Larson Introduces Universal School Meals Bill to End Childhood Hunger with Senator Bernie Sanders and Reps. Omar and McGovern | Congressman John Larson
primary · press_release · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

USDA says the National School Lunch Program is a federally assisted meal program that provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to children each school day.

Current federal lunch policy remains a reimbursed, assisted program rather than a universal free-meals entitlement. This does not show John B. Larson delivered the universal-meals promise.

unresolved unknown

National School Lunch Program | Food and Nutrition Administration
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 74%

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USDA says the School Breakfast Program reimburses states to operate nonprofit breakfast programs in schools and residential childcare institutions.

Current federal breakfast policy is still a reimbursement structure administered through states and schools, which is consistent with the promise remaining unfulfilled or at least unproven for Larson.

unresolved unknown

School Breakfast Program | Food and Nutrition Service
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 70%

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Assessments

never unknown

The federal meal programs cited remain reimbursement-based and means-tested/administratively limited rather than a universal free breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack benefit for every student. There is no evidence here that John B. Larson enacted or materially advanced legislation that produced the promised universal outcome, so the promise was not fulfilled.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 83%