John Chenoweth: “I really feel that in his heart the gentleman would be sympathetic to this particular amendment, and I think that most…”

“I really feel that in his heart the gentleman would be sympathetic to this particular amendment, and I think that most House Members would be. Mr. Chairman, this amendment is fairly benign. It is something that we are all very, very concerned about, and that is that we increase funding for senior citizens' meals in senior citizens centers. We do that by transferring out of title X family planning, which would be declined by $9 million. That would bring it back to where the 1997 levels were, and then we would be able to increase senior citizen congregate meals $4.75 million, which again would simply establish the meals and the funding for the senior citizen meals at 1997 levels. Our senior citizens are having a very, very difficult time on fixed incomes. Most of the time, the time that they spend in the senior citizen centers is the only time that they can get out of the house and be able to spend time with their peers and having enjoyable times.”