[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 36 (Monday, February 27, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2233]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         REMEMBER THE CHILDREN

  (Mr. HILLIARD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HILLIARD. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in protest to the Republican 
plan to transfer funding for the school student nutritional program to 
block grants to the States. The claim that this proposal will be 
beneficial by reducing bureaucracy is misleading and downright false.
  The purpose of this program which has been in place for 49 years and 
has been modified and approved in previous Congresses is to ensure that 
our children are well-nourished and that they are provided with the 
nutritional substance that they need to get them through the day.
  Many children who participate in this program have no other source 
for meals during the school day. The family may not be able to provide 
for the child because of financial difficulties, and, of course, we 
must acknowledge that parental neglect does take place even in affluent 
families.
  How can we justify taking food from the mouths of poor children who 
are struggling to get through school? Mr. Speaker, we have lost a 
generation of children through violence and drugs. Let us not destroy 
another one through malnutrition and neglect.

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