[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 53 (Wednesday, March 22, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3424]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      REPUBLICAN SCHOOL LUNCH CUTS

  (Mr. MOAKLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, in their eagerness to give handouts to the 
very rich, the Republicans have come up with some horrible ideas. One 
of the worst ideas is to cut children's school lunches.
  Mr. Speaker, why wage a war on children? The 40,000 Boston children 
who get warm meals at school want to keep getting fed. It is that 
simple.
  A few of them who live in Brockton, MA, sent me some plates. Chris 
Johnson who is 7 drew me a picture of vegetables. Seth who is 4 says he 
likes milk, and Paige who is 2 and likes peanut butter and jelly. These 
plates are very sad reminders of just how serious these lunch cuts 
really are.
  And school lunches are proven to improve children's behavior at 
school, and help them learn.
  Mr. Speaker, it will be a tragedy if the Republicans succeed in 
taking these children's lunches away.

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