[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 36 (Monday, February 27, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H2233-H2234]
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, it appears that our appeals for a 
compassionate Congress are paying off. On Friday, it was announced that 
the Committee on Agriculture had reached some accord with the Speaker 
and that the food stamps will not be converted to a block grant. It 
remains as an entitlement with a cap. While the cap is a problem, 
nonetheless we have won a battle, but the war goes on.
  The Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunity has proposed a 
radical change in the School Lunch and WIC Programs. If these changes 
stand, 275,000 women, infants and children will be removed from the WIC 
Program. Nutritious meals served to some 185,000 family day care 
centers 
 [[Page H2234]] will be eliminated. School food programs will be 
reduced by $309 million. The Committee on Agriculture is to be 
commended for taking the first step in the right direction.
  But, Mr. Speaker, we have many more battles to fight for the hungry 
in America. The war goes on.


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