[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2734]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                            THE SIMPLE FACTS

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, I certainly have a great deal of affection 
and admiration for the gentleman who preceded me here in the well. I 
was pleased to see that he was back at school as were many of my 
liberal Democrat colleagues yesterday. But the fact is that with all 
due respect, my friends should not spend time exclusively in the 
lunchroom, they should go back to math class, because here are the 
simple facts of this case.
  We are actually increasing $200 million in excess of what the 
President is calling for in school nutrition programs. We are calling 
for a 4.5-percent increase in these school nutrition programs. Yes, we 
are asking to fine tune the responsibility to give the responsibility 
to people on the front lines fighting the battle, but friends, it is an 
increase.
  Only in Washington can an increase be called a cut and be called 
heartless and mean spirited when in fact we are public spirited trying 
to get control of this problem, trying to feed the truly needy and 
trying not to make this a crass political issue.

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