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




                           SHORTCHANGING KIDS

  (Mr. OBEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, speaking of children, in a press conference 
yesterday, Republicans asserted that their proposal to end the school 
lunch program by block-granting it would not shortchange kids, because 
Congress could always pass a supplemental if we ran into trouble. That 
is absolutely preposterous.
  Anybody who has watched Congress the last 2 years knows that 
supplementals are virtually a thing of the past. Right now the Congress 
has bottled up at least two major supplementals, and you can expect to 
see more of that.
  Make no mistake about it, under this plan States will be left holding 
a very empty lunch bag. This plan is vicious, this plan is mean. It 
ought to be stopped.


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