[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]
LEAVE THE KIDS ALONE
(Mr. LEWIS of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, yesterday I ate breakfast and
lunch with students at two schools in Atlanta, Payton Forest Elementary
School and Thomasville Heights Elementary School. Many of these
children were receiving these meals through the School Lunch and
Breakfast Programs. For some of them it was the first decent meal they
had had since Friday, the last time they were in school.
Mr. Speaker, it is cold and heartless, it is just plain mean, for the
Republican majority to deprive these children of their school breakfast
and lunches. This program is a success. It provides the food necessary
for children to learn. Children cannot learn on an empty stomach, they
cannot learn if they are hungry.
The cost of my breakfast and lunch yesterday was a combined $2.70.
Surely, this is not too great a cost to pay to feed our children, to
give them the nutrition they need to learn and to grow.
In their rush to provide tax breaks to the wealthy, the Republican
majority would steal lunch money from our kids. I, for one, do not want
any part of that contract and I don't think the American people do
either.
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