[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15749]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          FEDERAL FOOD POLICE

  (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, the Federal food police now control 
what American children are permitted to eat in public schools. The 
First Lady has said, ``We just can't leave it up to the parents.''
  Several things are wrong about this totalitarian control of children. 
Kids say the portions are so small or the food is so disliked they must 
smuggle food from home or just go hungry. This leads to the Federal 
Government food being wasted and thrown away at the end of the day.
  What is next?
  Are the Federal food bureaucrats going to force-feed schoolchildren 
with government food?
  It should not be the role of Washington and the Federal Government to 
control what children eat. That is the responsibility of parents.
  Americans are not stupid and cannot leave it up to the almighty Feds 
to determine what is best for our kids. The Federal Government should 
not raise our children because the Federal Government is not the parent 
of my kids or my grandkids, whether Washington likes it or not.
  And that is just the way it is.

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