[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 35 (Friday, February 24, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H2180-H2181]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                        CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

  (Mr. OLVER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, Republican priorities are out of whack. The 
Republican Contract on America slashes 
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funds for school lunches, WIC, and children's nutrition, and leaves us 
with millions of hungry or malnourished kids. What a strange way to 
  invest in this country's future.Our Republican colleagues say these 
cuts are only intended to eliminate bureaucracy or waste. If that were 
the case, we would all vote for them.
  The truth is that Republicans are playing a dangerous shell game. 
They want to shift the responsibility for children's health to the 
States, but cut billions of dollars of funding that the States would 
need to provide that help. These extremists say we cannot afford to 
support food for hungry children in America, but actually they are 
making these cuts to finance fantasy projects like star wars and 
massive tax cuts for the less than 1 percent of Americans who make over 
$200,000 per year.

                              {time}  0915

  Mr. Speaker, I have heard from hundreds of parents, day care 
providers, and teachers who know the importance of good childhood 
nutrition. Perhaps if children could vote, they would not be trashed by 
the Contract on America.


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