Steven Holt: “Ensuring healthy children is a worthwhile investment in the future of millions of children and in the future of our…”

“Ensuring healthy children is a worthwhile investment in the future of millions of children and in the future of our country's economic well-being. And as has been discussed by the gentlewoman from Georgia (Ms. Majette), the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Woolsey) and the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Davis), there are children in America that go hungry during the school day and others who battle illness caused by poor nutrition. The documentary evidence is clear, and we do not need to review it here; it coincides with common sense: School child nutrition programs help children learn. Meal programs offered in schools and child care settings and after school and summer programs and through WIC offer an ideal way to address child health issues directly, and to build healthful eating habits.”