[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 9, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H7304-H7305]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            FEDS COOK UP NEW RULES FOR BAKE SALES IN SCHOOLS

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

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  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, turn off the ovens; the school bake 
sales are over.
  Bake sales in schools are as American as apple pie and the flag. 
Parents like Janet Huberty in Atascocita, Texas, and other parents and 
PTAs and PTOs use bake sales to raise money for the school band, 
cheerleader uniforms, and iPads for students.
  But now the almighty Federal Government has cooked up new rules 
controlling public school bake sales. No more cupcakes, oatmeal raisin 
cookies, popcorn, or pizza can be sold for playground equipment or 
student trips. The Washington regulators, many of whom have their kids 
go to private schools that are not covered by the new rules, say kale 
chips and quinoa are to replace snow cones and Valentine candy. Isn't 
that lovely.
  Local parents and educators should control bake sales, not the 
Federal Government. So today I am introducing legislation to keep the 
Feds from interfering with bake sales by local schools. What is sold in 
bake sales to help schoolkids in Texas or anyplace across America is, 
frankly, none of the business of the Federal Government food police.
  And that is just the way it is.

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