[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 38 (Wednesday, March 1, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2397]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                THE TRUTH ABOUT REPUBLICANS AND CHILDREN

  (Mrs. CUBIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mrs. CUBIN. Mr. Speaker, I am standing here today, and I am going to 
come back and I am going to stand here every day until we get this bill 
passed or until they start telling the truth.
  The truth is, if Members wanted to know who cares about feeding 
children in America, the Republicans care.
  I am a mother. I have served school lunches myself. I have cooked the 
food. I have taken the food there to serve it. There is no one in 
Washington who wants to take care of the school children in Wyoming and 
across the country more than I do and more than my colleagues do.
  The truth of the matter is, my colleagues, that we are spending more 
money for school lunches. We are allowing the people who really care 
about the people who knows what their needs are in the States to make 
the decisions that affect those children.
  We are allowing families to take over feeding their children again. 
The School Lunch Program does not just feed poor children. It feeds 
people's children who do not need money in order to supplement the 
cost. That is wrong.
  We need to take care of the people who need it, and that is best 
decided at the States.


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