Jack Kingston: “as my colleagues know, it is too bad that everything has to be reduced to rhetoric and emotionalism here. The respected…”

“as my colleagues know, it is too bad that everything has to be reduced to rhetoric and emotionalism here. The respected ranking member herself has asked a lot of questions about the WIC numbers. We all have questions about it. It was just said, a 2- percent carryover is what is needed. That is $75 million. We already have $100 million in there. We do not need the additional. However, we asked USDA on April 17, last month, what would happen if they put another $36 million in there. The participation would be approximately 7.4 million children or people. Now the question is how will that number change if we put another $36 million in there, run up to $76 million, and again the USDA, which my colleagues keep quoting, and I respectfully disagree with the numbers; I have got them right here from the USDA. They say the participation level will not increase from 7.4. So we are not talking taking children off.”