[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 58 (Wednesday, May 7, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H2258]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            FUNDING FOR WIC

  (Ms. VELAZQUEZ asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. VELAZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, the Committee on Appropriations has 
rejected the Clinton administration request for WIC funding. What a 
surprise.
  The WIC Program is one of the most successful Federal programs that 
has ever been created. The WIC Program reduces the incidence of low-
birth-weight babies, infant mortality and anemia. This is a program 
that serves some of the most at-risk infants in the country, many of 
whom are Latino or Afro-American babies.
  The Republicans say we do not need to spend that money on these needy 
children. Instead, the Republicans tell us we need a capital gains tax 
cut which will put billions of dollars in the pockets of their rich 
friends. This is crazy. First they try to cut school lunches to hungry 
children. Now they literally want to take milk away from hungry 
infants. For shame.

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