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


                       SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAMS

  (Mr. HOKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HOKE. Mr. Speaker, do you know how much money we are cutting from 
the school nutrition programs? Zero, zip, zilch, zippo, zippola, 
niente, nada, nothing, nil, none, squat, the big goose egg. Here are 
the facts.
  Under the Republican proposal, spending on school nutrition programs 
increases the next 2 years by 4.5 percent. Unlike the current program, 
which has lax or few standards, the Republican plan requires that 80 
percent of the funds go to low income kids, those that need it the 
most. Yet, all the Democrats can do up here is come and whine and 
posture, whine and posture. So much that these days will undoubtedly 
come to be known as the days of whine and poses.
  But the American people are not buying this snake oil. They know that 
the welfare system has been a disaster, not just for the taxpayers but 
for those poor people it was designed to help. They know that no amount 
of money can right the current system. It is too corrupt. It is too 
destructive. They know it needs to be fundamentally changed. That is 
what they elected us to do. And do it we shall.

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