[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 48 (Monday, March 23, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H1835]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                 DO NOT BAN MOM'S BROWNIES FROM SCHOOL

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, my mother makes wonderful double-
chocolate brownies. As a kid, I would take them to school, and the PTA 
would sell them in the school bake sale to raise money for projects 
like uniforms for the school band and cheerleaders.
  When our four kids were in school, they would take brownies for 
school bake sales as well. And now my grandkids can still use their 
great-grandmother's brownie recipe for school bake sales.
  But warning, Mr. Speaker: the Federal school food police are 
regulating school bake sales. You see, now the government wants to 
control and, in some cases, prohibit school bake sales in the name of 
making kids healthier. No more homemade cupcakes, brownies, or baked 
goods unless they meet government calorie, sugar, and fat standards. 
Not healthy, sayeth the bake sale police.
  The Federal Government is becoming the parent of American kids. What 
is next? Are they going to tell schoolkids what they can wear?
  Parents and schools should decide whether to have bake sales or not. 
Uncle Sam doesn't know better. Parents know better.
  Let Mom's homemade brownies back in the schools.
  And that's just the way it is.


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Walker). The Chair will remind all 
persons in the gallery that they are here as guests of the House and 
that any manifestation of approval or disapproval of proceedings is in 
violation of the rules of the House.

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