[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 64 (Thursday, May 15, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H2687]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              THANKS EXTENDED FOR MAINTAINING WIC FUNDING

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, yesterday this House worked its will and 
rightfully defeated a flawed rule imposed by some members of the 
Republican leadership to restrict debate on the important women, 
infants and children's feeding program. Today those Members who refused 
to eliminate over 180,000 pregnant mothers, their low birth weight 
babies and children from their lifeline to nutrition will achieve a 
great victory. We will keep our promise to assure America's future by 
taking proper care of the children of today.
  I personally want to thank those Republicans who heard our pleas and 
want to do what is right for America. I also want to thank the 
gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Moakley] who worked so very hard in 
the Committee on Rules, the gentlewoman from New Jersey [Mrs. Roukema] 
for her leadership, the gentlewoman from Connecticut [Ms. DeLauro], the 
gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Roemer], the gentleman from New York [Mr. 
Walsh] and the gentleman from New York [Mr. Forbes], and I want to 
thank the gentleman from New York [Mr. Solomon], the chairman of the 
Committee on Rules, for bringing a revised rule to the floor today.

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