[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 52 (Tuesday, March 21, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3337]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          STOP THE WAR ON KIDS

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks and include extraneous 
material.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, thousands of children and their 
parents staged a ``Lunch-In'' on the steps of the Capitol to protest 
Republican plans to cut the School Lunch Program. The message that 
these families sent to the Republican majority is simple: Stop the war 
on kids.
  We all agree that there is waste in Government and that there are 
programs that do not work and should be eliminated, but the School 
Lunch Program is not one of them. The School Lunch Program works. It 
works to help our kids stay healthy, alert, and ready to learn each 
day.
  If we are going to cut spending and reform Government, why not start 
by cutting corporate welfare. We could save $5 billion if we eliminate 
the tax breaks given to pharmaceutical companies to manufacture 
offshore. Why not start there, instead of starting by cutting programs 
for our children.


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