Pete Domenici: “Believe it or not, the other 30 percent of the money that goes to children's nutrition programs is spent for programs…”

“Believe it or not, the other 30 percent of the money that goes to children's nutrition programs is spent for programs like WIC, Women, Infants, and Children, one of the finest programs in terms of effectiveness we have in the Federal Government in this inventory. It has wide bipartisan support. It enjoys an increase in this budget, and, as a matter of fact, the President is so confident that it will be funded every year and funded appropriately that he did not even ask us to make it a priority program, because by doing so, we are taking more and more of the budget and locking it in, because he knows we are going to fund it. Mr. President, I do not know exactly how I will ultimately handle these amendments, because no matter what you say, the argument is going to be that we are against nutrition programs, and it is a ready-made TV ad. On Pell grants, no matter if we gave the President every penny he wanted and we increased it $300 a year--it would be great if we had enough money to go to $10,000 a year, I guess, I am not sure. It does not matter. Whoever votes with Domenici tonight is going to vote against Pell grants.”