Rep. DeLauro: Fight ‘Big Soda’ and tax each teaspoon of sugar

Rep. DeLauro: Fight ‘Big Soda’ and tax each teaspoon of sugar

(CNSNews.com) — Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) is praising Philadelphia for approving a tax on soda and urging federal lawmakers to take similar action.

"Despite extensive lobbying efforts by big-soda, which employed tactics similar to those of big-tobacco, Philadelphians and their health won," DeLauro said in a press release.