[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 40 (Friday, March 3, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2587]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             REFORM AT THE EXPENSE OF SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM

  (Mr. ROEMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROEMER. Mr. Speaker, the Republican meat ax has fallen once again 
and this time not just on chicken and meat but on tomatoes, on beans, 
on carrots, on milk, and on orange juice. The latest target is the 
school lunch and breakfast program.
  Now some of them are going to argue, we have not cut it. Ask them 
then why is there a 20-percent transfer out provision in the block 
grant? Ask them why is there no inclusion of price increases for food? 
Ask them why, why is there no inclusion of a recession or unemployment 
rates? Those are basic questions and, furthermore, ask them why is 
there not the provision for entitlement for a child in poverty to be 
eligible.
  I am all for cutting billions, but let us cut billions from star wars 
and space stations and not nickel and dime our lunch programs to death.

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