[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 34 (Thursday, February 23, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2073]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        FEDERAL FOOD ASSISTANCE

  (Mrs. CLAYTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CLAYTON. Mr. Speaker, if the Personal Responsibility Act of 1995 
passes, Federal nutrition programs for children and families will never 
be the same. School lunches and breakfasts will be slashed. Thousands 
of women, infants, and children will be removed from the WIC Program. 
National nutrition standards will be eliminated, and States will be 
able to transfer as much as 24 percent of nutrition funds for 
nonnutrition uses.
  But, more is at stake. Retail food sales will decline, farm income 
will be reduced, and joblessness will soar. That is why, if I may 
borrow a quote, I will resist this change, ``with every fiber of my 
being.'' Many of the proponents of H.R. 4 want capital gains cuts. We 
want an increase in the minimum wage. They want block grants. We want 
healthy Americans. They want a full plate for the upper crust and 
crumbs for the rest of us. We want, and we will restore, Federal food 
assistance programs. It is irresponsible to do otherwise.


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