[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 39 (Thursday, March 2, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H2493-H2494]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                         FACTS ON SCHOOL LUNCH

  (Mr. GANSKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. GANSKE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to let the American people know 
the truth about school lunches. I keep hearing that the Republican 
proposal 
[[Page H2494]]  from the Economic and Educational Opportunities 
Committee is going to take food out of the mouths of children. It is 
time the media and school lunch bureaucrats who keep feeding the 
American public these horror stories realize that the only horror here 
is that the facts are not getting to the American people.
  Let me share a few facts with you.
  Fact: Funding for school lunch programs will increase by 4.5 percent 
each year over the next 5 years.
  Fact: Eighty percent of the funds in this block grant will be used to 
feed low-income children.
  Fact: By eliminating mounds of Federal red tape and regulations, a 
school will be in a better position to put its money where the 
children's mouths are.
  The American public needs and deserves to hear the facts. This 
program ensures that low-income children in our country will not go 
hungry. Opponents should stop stuffing people's ears with falsehoods 
and start filling our children's mouths with food.

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