[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 40 (Friday, March 3, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2588]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                            LOBBYIST REFORM

  (Mr. MEEHAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Speaker, the truth is that when that money was cut in 
committee, it did not take into account future enrollment figures. It 
did not take into account increases in food prices. They is why it is a 
cut. And how we can sit here and cut school lunches at a time when the 
same individuals who had an opportunity to cut lobbyists from paying 
meals for Members of Congress voted against it? The same Members who 
would vote to take away the school nutrition programs can be seen on a 
Tuesday or a Wednesday or a Thursday at the Capital Grill or at 
Morton's or La Colline or other restaurants around this Capitol having 
a free lunch paid for by lobbyists. It is a big thick steak.
  Let us put that money back into the nutrition program and stop 
cutting around the issues. We are neglecting children in this country. 
Let us make investments where we ought to be making them.

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