[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 44 (Thursday, March 9, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2898]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


          REPUBLICANS TAKE APPLES AND MILK AWAY FROM CHILDREN

  (Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, when the Republicans announced 
that they were going to close down the school lunch program and fold it 
into a block grant program, I went to my favorite expert in my 
district, my wife, who is a schoolteacher, to ask her what she thought.
  She said, I think we should have welfare reform and I understand why 
people are upset with the Food Stamp Program, but this is the food that 
these kids eat every day. It is not like they take this food out onto 
the street and sell it. There is no black market for school lunch 
programs. Why do the Republicans want to take apples and milk away from 
6-year-olds in the United States?
  Why could I not answer that question for my wife? In the Halls of 
Congress I am still waiting for the answer. Why do the Republicans want 
to take milk and apples away from 6-year-olds in the United States of 
America?

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