[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]




     FEAR TACTICS EMPLOYED IN SUPPORTING FEDERAL NUTRITION PROGRAMS

  (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks).
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, pathetic is the only way to describe the 
message which has been emanating from the other side, trying to 
frighten the people of the United States of America about our goals for 
dealing with the issue of child nutrition.
  We do not have a cut. We have a 4.5-percent increase. That is very 
clear. But as my friend from the other side of the aisle just said, we 
somehow in transferring this to the States will in fact allow a 
tremendous cut to take place. Baloney. There is a provision in this 
legislation which states that 80 percent of those funds that are 
provided must go toward the nutrition program and the requirement also 
states that no more than a 2-percent overhead can be provided.
  We are increasing the level of funding, we are trying to make it more 
responsible so that in fact we do not see what exists today, 20 percent 
of those young people benefiting from the program coming from homes 
with incomes in excess of $50,000 a year.
  We want the truly needy to benefit from this, we are increasing the 
level of funding for it, and they should quit the kind of fear tactics 
that they are imposing.


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