[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 58 (Wednesday, May 7, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H2261]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              WIC FUNDING

  (Mr. BOEHNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Speaker, the gentlewoman from New York who just 
spoke talked about cuts in the WIC Program, and I think it is time that 
we set the record straight.
  Funding for the WIC Program in the current fiscal year is at $3.7 
billion, the highest level ever spent for this very important program. 
Beyond that, we have added $38 million in additional funding to try to 
ensure that all of those people, women, infants, and children, get the 
food that they need throughout the rest of this fiscal year. People in 
the administration who run these programs say $38 million is enough to 
cover this current fiscal year.
  I would also add that there is about $100 million left over from 
prior year funding for the WIC Program, and any suggestion that 
Congress is cutting the WIC Program simply is not true. We are 
increasing the amount of money in the supplemental appropriation bill 
that will be on this floor next week by $38 million for the WIC 
Program.

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