Political Quotes

“In this contract hysteria, let us not lose sight of the things that came into being for a strong national purpose. The voters in November did not mandate the destruction of a program that has worked well for half a century. Repealing the National School Lunch Act, which has successfully fed hundreds of millions of hungry children since 1946, will affect children in public and parochial schools, regardless of income. In 1981, the Reagan administration slashed over $1 billion from the school nutrition programs. As a result, over 2,000 schools were forced to drop out of the program, leaving 2 million children without a nutritious school lunch. Under this block grant proposal, States would receive $2 billion less for school meals over the next 5 years. Due to drastically reduced funding, a State may choose not to subsidize meals for children who pay full price, forcing the school to raise prices.”