Timothy Roemer: “I would say there are natural disasters and there are human disasters. Certainly a human disaster is one when we cut WIC…”

“I would say there are natural disasters and there are human disasters. Certainly a human disaster is one when we cut WIC programs that affect thousands of children and thousands of expectant mothers. I would just say to the Committee on Rules chairman and Members on the Republican side, why did they not allow a bipartisan amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Ohio [Ms. Kaptur] and the gentlewoman from New Jersey [Mrs. Roukema] to share the credit, to allow debate rather than having a self-executing rule which will gag debate and limit the credit. I am delighted that the gentleman from California [Mr. Riggs] is going to help us later on in the fall, but we have an immediate problem right now with caseload and milk prices and a freeze on disability benefits for children. The problem is right now. I hope in a bipartisan way we would give credit where credit is due to the Members that have worked so hard on this.”