[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 55 (Friday, March 24, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3741]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    CHILDREN WILL BE HURT BY THE REPUBLICAN WELFARE REFORM PROPOSAL

  (Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, today Congress will pass a 
welfare bill that will cut $35.1 million out of the school lunches in 
the State of Texas, according to my outside-the-beltway analysis from 
our State comptroller in Texas.
  Today the Republican majority will rejoice, but the children will be 
hurt. Many of my Democratic Members have been sporting ties and scarves 
from Save the Children, and I even heard this morning one Republican 
Member offered to have a secondary market in used ties.
  But I am going to save mine until October and November of 1996, so 
when the kids start getting their lunches taken away from them, the 
voters will remember in November who took those lunches away.


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