[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 59 (Thursday, May 8, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H2354]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              A REPUBLICAN RESPONDS TO CUTS IN WIC PROGRAM

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I know the term ``confused Democrat'' is a 
little bit redundant, but here we go again with WIC, demagoguing it. 
From the crowd that told our seniors that a $190 billion base in 
Medicare increased to $270 billion was a cut. From the group that said 
moving from $26 billion to $41 billion on student loans was a cut. From 
the group that said a 4\1/2\-percent increase in the School Lunch 
Program was a cut. They are now saying that full funding of WIC is a 
cut. We have in the WIC escrow account $100 million that is unused 
right now. In the supplemental appropriations bill, we have increased 
WIC funding $38 million.
  What is the problem in this House? Is integrity such a scarcity that 
we cannot have an honest dialog without calling everything a cut, 
without saying we are going to starve children? Let us have a little 
bit of truth and respect in this body, Mr. Speaker.

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