. >> my name is jessica buchholz. i'm also a public school parent and have two children in the public schools. my children lost their grandfather to type two diabetes. i want to stand here in strong support of this and let you know the membership is also supporting this because we want to look after the health of our students. thank you. >> thank you for your work. my name is miguel robles. i'm the cofounding and coordinator of the self alliance. from the 600,000 items we can find in the grocery stores. 80 percent contain sugar. this is an addictive ingredient they are using to sell more. the other thing is where is this sugar coming from. it's genetically modified. it's with corn and we don't know what going to help with our health. the fda has been approving a lot. they determine what is safe and all the different kind of things. they also say that this is safe, it's sugar, but sugar is not food. it's just an ingredient, it's addictive. i think there will come a time when they will be banning this kind of agreed ing