President Trump Participates in a Signing Ceremony, Jan. 14, 2026

I think so, more than the top.

And then I have the benefit of of Dr. Carson being a graduate of Andrews University in my district. So all of that goes together. Thank you for signing this. It'll make a difference.

Great job. So how about a couple of the farmers? Would anybody like to speak? Would you like to... do you like... do you want to just say how great milk is?

It's so amazing. It's wonderful. Yes, Mr. President, we want to say thank you for doing this. It's been stated several times how long this took and so thank you for your support and leadership in finally making this happen. As a mom and a dairy farmer, this isn't just a big win for the dairy farm families across the country, but as it's been said, the millions of school-age kids that depend on school lunches for their nutrition and to fuel their bodies. So thank you.

So they've been fighting this for years then?

15 years.

Well, have you been fighting it? You're too young to be fighting it.

For a while, we've been fighting it. I mean I think I speak for everybody, it's been a long time coming. So your leadership is is it.

Well, it's great. I had no idea you were... it just seems to make sense, right? It's hard to believe when you said 15 years, I said you have to be kidding. It's government is tough. Government can be very tough. How about you? Would you like to say something?

So we are very, very grateful and thankful that you passed this bill because it is common sense as to what we should be consuming. Whole foods and whole milk. Unfortunately, that has not been the case for a few years. But research shows and our MAHA movements have been taking the right steps to make America healthy and our children are growing into active teenagers and athletes and what do they need? They need strong bones, they need the energy, they need the healthy muscles and so we are so grateful that the science is there and we are actually at the right point in the right step making sure America is healthy. So we are very thankful.

That's so great. Well said. I look forward to getting it all the time. Sometimes I open a refrigerator and I see milk with rice and milk with water and milk with everything and I say what kind of milk is that? That's what I like right there. That's great. Thank you very much, Brooke. Please, ma'am.

Hi, my name is Patrice Onwuka. I am the center director at the Independent Women's Forum. I work on economic policies, but I'm also a mom of boys as you can see. This is Jesse. He's... Jesse, you want to say your name and age?

My name is Jesse, I am six years old. I am seven years old. I want to be an engineer when I grow up. I'm a first grader. I I also know where does milk come from?

Good job.

Good job. Good job. Where does it come from?

So, so first farmers milk it and then next they put it into a a cold tank and then the to take the germs out they they put it very hot and then they put it back in the the cold tank and then they haul it to somewhere that is cold in a big refrigerator.

Wow, that is unbelievable. Good job.

I'm going to give him a medal.

Yeah, everybody, these guys want it, let me tell you. Politicians want it. I'm going to give that to... is that okay?

Sure. Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. And this is Daniel, his younger brother. Daniel, how old are you?

Five.

And what grade are you in?

First. Kindergarten.

Kindergarten. And these boys are involved in sports. They go to a public school in the Maryland area and, you know, many of their their friends, you know, are drinking, you know, the kind of options that they don't really like. And so it's good that as as they get to drink a glass of milk every morning, their friends will be able to drink that at school as well. So thank you very much for what you're doing for for public school kids in particular.

Beautiful people. Thank you very much. Doing a great job too. Please.

I'm Amber Schwartz. I'm also with Independent Women, but I'm here with my son, Luke, who is 13 years old. We're in Alexandria, Virginia. Luke needs a lot of protein right now to grow. In fact, his doctor just told us between 60 and 70 grams a week and that's... I can't feed him a whole chicken every day, so supplementing with milk is really helping us. Unfortunately, at school they've offered skim milk and chocolate and he does not like either and so he has been turning to the juice boxes and other drinks that have sugar. And so thank you for giving him the opportunity and parents too to make a choice.

That's really great. That's really great. How about you?

Thank you, Mr. President. I'm the...

This beautiful red hair, look.

I tried to match here, so... but I'm the aforementioned one from Butler, Pennsylvania. So we, you know that place very well and we still love you. So... but, Mr. President, I was thinking last night when I was milking what I was going to say and I thought well this is such a monumental day in agriculture, not just dairy farmers but for all of agriculture because this helps me as a producer, helps the processors, it also helps these kids here. So it's good all around and this is perfect legislation, a great day for America is what this is.

Thank you very much. Beautifully said and we appreciate it and it is a great place you come from, I love it. Please.

Mr. President, thank you. It's an honor to be here and you know I think this is about choices. You know this, this day's been a long time coming. We've been waiting on this for many years and, you know, it's great that we're able to provide choices now in schools with whole milk. Well thank you for that and thank you for everything that you do for the dairy industry. That us dairy farmers produce nutrient value every day for for consumers.

So you're going to need to produce more milk because you're not mixing it up with all sorts of things, right? That's right. That's a big... how much of an increase will that be? Do you have any idea?

A pretty good bit. A lot more. Absolutely.

Boy, that's so good for the industry. Hard to believe you had to wait so long. Would you like to say?

Mr. President, I'd like to thank you again for your support behind this and the gentlemen standing behind you. Like you said, we worked 15 years on it. I advocate for our industry a lot out in the community and I know I've been into high schools, I've been in middle schools where the students want milk. I did a taste test one time at a high school where we gave them whole milk versus the skim milk their school was giving them. The kids loved the whole milk. So just your all support behind us, your support getting it pushed through, I I really appreciate what you've done and what the gentlemen behind you were able to do.

We support the farmer. The farmer knows what's right better than anybody else. Bobby would tell you that. I mean the farmer, they know what's right, especially when it comes to things like this. Sorry it took so long, it was 15 years. I can't believe it. Howard, would you like to say something?

What's amazing is that the President has the leadership and common sense to drive the right outcomes. Why should kids not be given the choice to drink whole milk? How is that even possible? So it's amazing to work for you because you just own common sense and you drive it through our economy, you drive it through the farmers. You got great leadership in Secretary Rollins and Secretary Kennedy and it's great fun to be here because, I mean think of it today. I mean how much fun is this? It's just common sense.

He likes the Oval Office.

Yes, sir. Beautiful.

Even the media, they come here they they're here a lot, but it's sort of like you're in the Oval Office, it's the whole ballgame. It all begins and ends and then re-begins here. There is no place like it, right? There's no place like... if you love the country especially there's no place like it. So thank you. Thank you, Howard, very much. So let's sign it. Should I sign it?

Yes, sir.

Your last chance. I could wait another 15 years, right? Let's do it. Do it. You guys stand right there. Come on right here, yeah. Jesse, come on. We have to do a good one here, this is right? This is an important one for me. Okay, not bad. Not bad. The previous President would signed by Autopen so you can never make a mistake. They made a lot of mistakes. Anyway, here it is. Thank you. Thank you all very much. Yes. I'm going to start drinking a lot of milk. We appreciate it. Okay, thank you very much, that's great. Here, hold that on for a little while, you'll give it to us later, okay? It's a good job you did. That's great. So, any questions on what we just signed, please?

Mr. President, on Iran, Mr. President, on the... I've got one on the milk. Coming from a family, my dad was a dairy engineer from Texas Tech in the 40s. He's a pretty strong dad, there he is. Drink lots of whole milk in my day. Would you look at this as being a shift from what the industry kind of went woke with the oat milk and the almond milk? It's going the exact... it's amazing. It's going exactly opposite direction. Let's talk about the impact on dairy farmers on this whole...

There are a lot of changes being made in the last year, as you know. We're still a little bit less than a year. I think this probably never been a year like this for a President or for a country. We have tremendous success, we've had success with everything we've done and the economy now is coming back and here's an example of farmers, they're going to be working harder to produce because it's not going to be watered down by something. And it's great to see it and if you'd like a zip of that, I'd give it to you. It's actually been here, it's only been here for a few minutes before we started. It's not five days. Five days and open, right? No, it's not. But it's... it's an honor what we've done in the country over the last year, it's incredible. All of us together. It's incredible. So I appreciate the question.

Mr. President, on Iran, you said that the killing has stopped. Who told you that the killings have stopped there and if it's the Iranian regime...

We have been informed by very important sources on the other side and they said the killing is stopped and the executions won't take place. There was supposed to be a lot of executions today and that the executions won't take place. And we're going to find out. I mean I'll find out after this, you'll find out, but we've been told on good authority and I hope that's true. Who knows, right? Who knows? Crazy world.

We've seen line acts. So how do you trust them?

No, no, you've seen that over the last few days and they said people were shooting at them with guns and they were shooting back and, you know, it's one of those things. But they told me that there'll be no executions. And so I hope that's true, that's a big thing.

Does this mean military action is now off the table again against Iran?