[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 41 (Monday, March 6, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2659]
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                          SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM

  (Mr. UNDERWOOD asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, the majority decided again last week not 
to protect the School Lunch Program, but to include it in a block grant 
and let the children compete for dwindling Federal dollars against 
other needy groups.
  The majority's vision of America would have schoolchildren fight for 
their lunch money with programs for the elderly, disabled veterans, and 
indigent mothers. There is a new bully in the schoolyard. This is a 
fight where everyone loses. And all this while funding tax breaks for 
the wealthy. Mr. Speaker, I believe that the majority has extended 
class warfare into the classroom, but instead of the haves and have-
nots, it is the well-fed versus the hungry.
  Just as important as military readiness is classroom readiness--the 
readiness of schoolchildren to learn because their stomachs are not 
empty. Just as important as a balanced budget amendment is a balanced 
lunch law, ensuring a nutritious hot lunch to poor school kids.
  Let us support classroom readiness and a balanced lunch law.

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