[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 28, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2316]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


              IN SUPPORT OF CHILDREN'S NUTRITION PROGRAMS

  (Ms. BROWN of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. BROWN of Florida. Mr. Speaker, yesterday I had an opportunity to 
speak to 95 3-year-olds and today I speak in their behalf, for the 
school lunch program that has worked well since 1946. It is not broken. 
America's children are our most important resource for the future.
  Mr. Speaker, studies show that if a child is hungry, taxpayer dollars 
are wasted because hungry kids cannot learn. According to the 
Children's Defense Fund, millions of children will go hungry by cutting 
school lunches, food stamps, child care, Head Start meals, and WIC 
programs. Republican double-talk that ``cuts to school lunches'' are 
not ``cuts,'' but block grants to States, and deceives the American 
people. As a 10-year veteran of the Florida legislature, I can tell you 
that sending Federal dollars to the States as block grants does not 
ensure that these funds will go to child nutrition programs.
  Republicans seem to think they can fool some of the people, some of 
the time. But you cannot fool all of the people all of the time. The 
American people cannot be fooled. The Contract on America is a contract 
on children, the elderly and the hardest working Americans.
  The school lunch program works, it feeds hungry children. As the 
saying goes, ``If it's not broke, don't fix it.''


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