Leonard L. Boswell: “I think it is safe to say I have a long history in support of the women and children program, that program and others of…”

“I think it is safe to say I have a long history in support of the women and children program, that program and others of that nature, in my other life, in another place. I also would like to take the Members for a little walk, if I could, about some of the things I think we ought to be thinking about. I wonder if we have forgotten that in many places of the world, in the modern world, that nearly all of disposable income is spent for the food and fiber we subsist on. In this Nation we enjoy like 14 percent or 15 percent of our disposable income being used for that purpose. I have no quarrel with the WIC program. I support it. But I do suggest to the Members that to take it from this area is wrong. The spin on that is not something that we would anticipate. We do not want to do this. Yes, a bill was passed before I got here, the Family Farm Act. I would have supported it if I had been here. I think the time had come. But for that to work we have to have the opportunity for them to have some coverage, some insurance to stay in business.”