Political Quotes

“I rise to praise our Speaker, one of the foremost figures in the field of American literature, and one of our most famous authors. He has been making generous contributions to organizations which pay children $2 for every book they read. At the same time his colleagues on the Republican side of the aisle are taking money away from needy children who need subsidies for their lunch. The teacher is teaching school children a lesson at this time. He is showing there is money to be made in book deals, perhaps enough to buy their own lunch. I would like to share some information that I find important in this callous regard to our children. The leadership nutritional block grant would terminate all nutrition standards. Seven hundred thousand Michigan children eat school lunch every day. More than half qualify for free or reduced price lunches. Michigan will lose $107 million a year. With one hand, the Speaker has offered school kids a book deal to encourage learning. With the other hand, he is taking away their lunch money which provides them with an absolute necessity for proper learning, and that is decent nutrition. At the rate Republicans are taking money from kids, the kids are going to have to read an awful lot of books to stay fed.”