Political Quotes

“if you had happened to be in the Senate Dining Room a few months ago, you might have seen a group of people having lunch and wondered what in the world would gather Ambassador George McGovern, Senators Bob Dole and Ted Kennedy, Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman, Congressmen Jim McGovern and Tony Hall and myself all at one table. The answer to your question is that we were working together on a bipartisan initiative that could have a positive impact on children around the world and be of great benefit to America's farmers. Former Senator and now Ambassador McGovern has advocated an idea to emulate one of the most beneficial programs ever launched on behalf of children in this country--the school lunch program. He has worked with Senator Dole and others to establish an international school lunch program and President Clinton has jump-started this proposal with his announcement that the United States will provide $300 million in surplus commodities for the initiative. Today, I am introducing legislation to provide a long-term funding source for international school feeding programs that will allow such programs to expand and reach more kids. Today there are more than 300 million children throughout the world-- more kids than the entire population of the United States--who go through the day and then to bed at night hungry.”