Frank Riggs: “we just heard more baloney. The principal tax cut in the Contract With America is a $500 per child tax credit. If that…”

“we just heard more baloney. The principal tax cut in the Contract With America is a $500 per child tax credit. If that is a tax break for the rich, then our friends on the other side of the aisle are sadly misinformed. They can continue the scare tactics, the distortions, the out-and-out hysteria. It is time we told the truth. Republicans care about children and our numbers prove it. We are growing School Lunch Programs by 4.5 percent per year for the next 5 years. By the year 2000, we will be spending $1 billion more on the School-Based Nutrition Program than today. Yes, Mr. Speaker, it is clear that Republicans care about children and our numbers prove it. The American public should ask who the Democrats care about when they oppose a 4.5-percent spending increase for school lunches and $1 billion more by the year 2000. Do they care about a School Lunch Program that is closer to home? Do they care about our children and their future or do they care about some Federal bureaucrats?”