Minnesota State Senator Steve Drazkowski
Minnesota State Senator Steve Drazkowski speaks on the floor of the Minnesota State Capitol in St Paul on March 14, 2023.
  • A Republican state senator voted against a bill to provide free school meals to Minnesota students.
  • Steve Drazkowski said it wasn't needed as he was "yet to meet a person in Minnesota that is hungry."
  • According to the nonprofit Feeding America, more than 300,000 Minnesotans are facing hunger.

A Republican state senator voted against a bill to feed schoolchildren, arguing that hunger wasn't a problem there because he hadn't met anyone without enough food.