Gilbert Gutknecht: “On that point, I want to say and it has been said tonight, it is very important. People do resist change and there is no…”

“On that point, I want to say and it has been said tonight, it is very important. People do resist change and there is no institution that resists change more than a monopolistic bureaucracy, and what you are really trying to do is decentralize this program and that is what we have to do. It has to be consumer driven. The people out in the districts and the Governors are not heartless people. They want their kids to get nutritious meals as well. I think this is a good plan. I think it is a first step. I think once we get more of these facts out here--as I say, if I did not know that we were spending 30 percent more than the President requested, if I did not know that as a Member of Congress until tonight, I will guarantee you that an awful lot of American people did not know that but they are going to know it sooner or later. Thomas Jefferson perhaps said it best. 'Give the American people the truth and the Republic will be saved.' All we really have to do is get the facts out about this program. I think the American people will see the wisdom of it. I think it is a good plan. We ought to pass it. I hope colleagues will join us in this because if the American people get the facts about this, they will buy into this idea.”