[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 34 (Thursday, February 23, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H2070-H2071]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     THE TRUTH ABOUT SCHOOL LUNCHES

  (Mr. LINDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, it amazes me the length Democrats will go to 
try to save Federal bureaucrats their jobs. Yesterday, the Democrat 
leadership and President Clinton launched a mean-spirited attack on 
Republican attempts to provide school lunches through block grants. But 
once again, just like a broken record, they did not tell the whole 
story.
  The Republican approach will actually increase spending for school 
lunches by decreasing administrative costs, which translates into 
cutting the Federal bureaucrats. But Democrats shy away from anything 
new because they just cannot seem to get over their love affair with a 
bigger bureaucracy and a failed welfare system. However, sinking to 
scaring needy children-- 
[[Page H2071]] even this is a little low for the White House.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time to get on with making the Federal Government 
smaller, less costly, and more efficient. That is what the people want, 
and it is what the Republican majority is all about.


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