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George Miller: “It is not to block grant it. They make a big point about they give in the nutrition program 200 million more a year. But…”

On the recordMarch 13, 1995
It is not to block grant it. They make a big point about they give in the nutrition program 200 million more a year. But if the money is insufficient to meet the demand of the children that are eligible, the children who need this nutrition, then they are in fact cutting the program. If I said to the people in our Committee on the Armed Services: We will give you $500 million more a year every year for the next 5 years, they would say that is absolutely unacceptable. We have contingencies we cannot foresee. We do not know what is going to happen.
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George Miller
Democratic · California

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Discussing funding for nutrition programs and its impact on children.

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