[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2732]
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CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS INCREASED, NOT CUT
(Mr. NORWOOD asked and was given permission to address the House for
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. NORWOOD. Mr. Speaker, that the other side continues to accuse us
of cutting funding for child nutrition programs is ludicrous. I voted
in committee to increase the funding child nutrition programs are
receiving, yet people are calling my office worried that we are gutting
these programs. We are increasing the funding and eliminating the
wasteful Federal bureaucracy to send more money to the States. The
charge that we are cutting funding is patently false. Mr. Speaker, I
would simply ask that Americans look at the facts. It is a fact that we
are putting more money in to child nutrition. It is a fact that our
bill dismantles part of the Federal bureaucracy. And it is a fact that
many Democrats receive significant campaign contributions from Federal
bureaucrats every year. All I ask is that Americans consider the facts.
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