Heard on the Hill
(Chris Martin/CQ Roll Call)
Posted June 16, 2026 at 1:46pm
In this archival photo from 32 years ago, California Democratic Rep. Richard H. Lehman bowls with a frozen chicken at the Rayburn House Office Building on June 16, 1994. The event was sponsored by the California Poultry Industry Federation and followed by a hearing on a then-controversial USDA policy labeling frozen chicken as “fresh.”
Heard on the Hill
(Chris Martin/CQ Roll Call)
Posted June 16, 2026 at 1:46pm

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