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U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), appeared on Newsmax’s Wake Up America to discuss several current issues, including the Make America Health Again (MAHA) Commission report, the ongoing redistricting dispute in Texas, and border security under President Trump.

During the interview, Senator Marshall emphasized the importance of healthy eating and fresh foods as a form of medicine. He stated, “I asked my kids, what’s the latest greatest diet? And they said, Dad, it’s what you grew up on. I grew up surrounded by family farms, eating fresh fruit and vegetables out of the garden. Right now, all those fruits and vegetables are in season, as they say, and they just melt in your mouth. I think that, you know, the whole emphasis of MAHA is that food is medicine, that if you have healthy food, you’re going to have healthy people. And there’s nothing healthier than fresh out of the farmer’s garden. Maybe start your own garden as well. I would challenge all your listeners to not open a box today. Stay away from the ultra-processed foods. Eat fresh, if you have to, frozen is second best.”

He also addressed progress on the upcoming MAHA commission report: “Well, we got to get the report right, and if they’re not ready, they’re not ready. It’s a very complicated subject. I can just tell you a couple of points I think that are interesting. I think, number one, you know, the emphasis is that Food is Medicine. How do we get healthy food? From the agriculture perspective, I just want to brag on my farmers that we are growing more with less, that the early adapters are using 60% less fertilizers, 60% less pesticides, and we’re decreasing the drift from those fields by 90%. So we’re trying to decrease the amount of fertilizers and pesticides [that] end up reaching the water systems as well.

“So our farmers and ranchers are embracing this… First of all we’re parents; we’re grandparents. We want our children to be healthy. We want our grandchildren to be healthy as well. So I think that the first part of the MAHA report is going to be about… what healthier food looks like—what it looks like throwing away that box food that I mentioned—and then exercise; some form of exercise every day; introducing them to the Presidential Fitness Test. Again by the way I'm going to work on a congressional fitness test as well so maybe we'll start there.”

On Texas's redistricting efforts amid legal disputes and national attention over gerrymandering practices across both parties for decades Marshall commented: “Well this is the Democrats—the pot calling kettle black—for decades for probably over a century now Gerrymandering has been occurring it started in Massachusetts in 1812 and continued throughout this century as well California took away 12 Republican seats through Gerrymandering earlier around 2008 I believe as well so it's been going on for centuries.

“Look Texas has changed a lot in last two decades as well many people are leaving blue states to come to red states where your constitutional rights are indeed protected… The Constitution gives Texas right do this Supreme Court has confirmed right past so I'm going stay out it I'm focus making America healthy.”

When asked about President Trump’s biggest accomplishment during his administration thus far Marshall responded: “Oh it's border That was number one issue President campaigned on securing border Within matter weeks President has secured border so our families safer than were January this year Fentanyl poisoning going down Drug-related crime going down as well across country So it's families safe secure Price gasoline coming down big deal as well.”