Political Quotes

“In 1991, 14,355 students participated in the national school lunch program on Guam. In 1994, 18,000 students participated. If the Republican School Lunch Program had been put into effect on Guam in 1991, even with their 4.5-percent increases, by 1994, over 3,500 children would have been without school lunches. In the same time period, throughout the United States this would have meant 1.1 million students without lunch every day. These are the facts. This is the reality behind the rhetoric. The Government pays 4.5 percent now and the children pay later. If the majority has their will, they will in fact have increased funds for school lunches for next year, and it is likely that few children will go hungry in 1996, but will the number of children eligible for the School Lunch Program remain the same in 1997 and 1998 and beyond? This blockhead grant will simply not keep pace with the growing number of kids, nor will it help them wherever they go. What price is the majority willing to pay to block grant school lunches? Mr. Speaker, as far as I am concerned, they are not paying any price. Our children are.”