Political Quotes

“I appreciate very much the kind remarks of the distinguished Senator from Minnesota in connection with the fact that the program discussed by him, and which is the subject of his amendment, was not in any way reduced in funding by the action of the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee or the full Committee on Appropriations. As a matter of fact, we tried very hard to identify needs in the nutrition area, including the school lunch programs, child nutrition programs, food stamps, Women, Infants and Children feeding program, and others. I think Senators will notice that there are substantial increases in funding for WIC, for example, to make sure there is a full participation permitted next year, and that means we had to add $200 million more to that account to help guarantee that no one participating in the WIC Program now would be denied eligibility or participation due to a lack of funding next year. And in every other way, we tried to look at the evidence before the committee that we had available to us during our hearings to assess the needs and to make available the funds that we thought were necessary to help make sure that all Americans have access to a nutritious diet, that the food supply is safe, and that, in every respect, we continue to make sure that people in our society do not have to go without food. Having said that, the Senator is correct in that there are still a lot of unmet needs, there are still a lot of problems.…”