[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 14, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3095]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    REPUBLICANS CARE ABOUT CHILDREN

  (Mr. RIGGS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. RIGGS. Mr. Speaker, we just heard more baloney. The principal tax 
cut in the Contract With America is a $500 per child tax credit. If 
that is a tax break for the rich, then our friends on the other side of 
the aisle are sadly misinformed.
  They can continue the scare tactics, the distortions, the out-and-out 
hysteria. It is time we told the truth. Republicans care about children 
and our numbers prove it.
  We are growing School Lunch Programs by 4.5 percent per year for the 
next 5 years. By the year 2000, we will be spending $1 billion more on 
the School-Based Nutrition Program than today.
  Yes, Mr. Speaker, it is clear that Republicans care about children 
and our numbers prove it. The American public should ask who the 
Democrats care about when they oppose a 4.5-percent spending increase 
for school lunches and $1 billion more by the year 2000.
  Do they care about a School Lunch Program that is closer to home? Do 
they care about our children and their future or do they care about 
some Federal bureaucrats?

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