[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 40 (Friday, March 3, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2589]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




SAVINGS FROM REPUBLICANS' PLAN TO CUT CHILDREN'S SCHOOL LUNCHES WILL GO 
                      FOR TAX CUTS FOR THE WEALTHY

  (Mr. EVANS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EVANS. Mr. Speaker, the Republican plan to decimate the school 
lunch program will penalize millions of America's kids, working 
families, and women, and the Republicans will use the savings to serve 
up a free lunch of tax cuts and tax concessions to millionaires and 
large multinational corporations.
  Conservatives often say that the deficit will be passed on to our 
kids, but their approach to deficit reduction will mean that our kids 
will pay now and that they will pay with their potential. Their block 
grant proposal will block the future of 140,000 kids in Illinois alone.
  The school lunch program is one of the most successful, one of the 
most cost-effective, and one of the most important programs that the 
Federal Government has ever administered.
  I urge my colleagues to stop the Republicans from keeping this 
program and America's kids hostage to the Republican Contract on 
America.


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