[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 45 (Friday, March 10, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2993]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                               THE FACTS

  (Mr. ROEMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROEMER. Mr. Speaker, it has been said before that when you have 
facts on your side, you pound on the facts. When you have the law on 
your side, you pound on the law. When you have neither, you pound on 
the podium.
  We have heard a lot of Republicans pounding on the podium for the 
last 2 weeks saying, we are not cutting school lunches. We are 
increasing it.
  Yesterday in the New York Times the headline read: ``School Lunch 
Bill Leaves Out Military Children.'' Fifty-seven thousand children 
eligible for school lunches left out.
  When the gentleman from California, [Mr. Cunningham] was asked, is 
this true? How could this be? A Republican on the committee said, ``Are 
there little glitches like this? Absolutely.''
  Little glitches leaving out thousands of school children? We do not 
want to put the Pentagon in charge of serving school lunches, Mr. 
Speaker. Let us make sure that we do not have glitches and omissions 
that will put our children on the streets and take food out of their 
mouths.




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