[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 28, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2318]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


            BALANCE THE BUDGET WITHOUT JEOPARDIZING CHILDREN

  (Mr. HINCHEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HINCHEY. Mr. Speaker, the majority party of the House of 
Representatives has declared war on our Nation's children.
  The leadership has taken their campaign against working Americans to 
one of its lowest points yet attacking the most vulnerable in our 
society--millions of American children who rely on school lunches for a 
well balanced meal every day.
  The most profound effect will be upon the ability of our children to 
learn. Undernutrition effects a child's behavior and performance.
  In support of a 1969 expansion of school nutrition programs, 
President Nixon once said: ``A child ill fed is dulled in curiosity, 
lower in stamina, distracted from learning.'' What has happened to the 
Republican Party?
  In my home State of New York, more than 1,700,000 children currently 
participating in the school lunch program will be affected by a cut in 
funding.
  We can do better than to try to balance the budget by jeopardizing 
the health and nutrition of 13 million American children who depend on 
the School Nutrition Program each day for a balanced meal.

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