[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 58 (Wednesday, May 7, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H2262]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            FUNDING FOR WIC

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, let me talk about the ABC's of 
a mother's love. As we celebrate Mother's Day this week, let me tell my 
colleagues about women and infants and children, the WIC Program, which 
is facing a drastic cut. It is a shame that in the Committee on 
Appropriations, Republicans voted 28 to 24 to not give the $78 million 
needed to fund and to help mothers love their children. It is a shame 
as we speak that 180,000 women, infants, and children are falling off 
the rolls every single day.
  The $38 million is not enough. The ABC's of a mother's love is to 
provide for those children. Those mothers dependent on the WIC Program 
to help their infants and children are now being deprived with this 
budget, but as well with the $38 million, that is not enough.
  We need full funding for the WIC Program to show a mother's love. In 
tribute to mothers this Mother's Day, let us give full funding, as 
Democrats want, for women, infants and children, which is what America 
stands for.

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