Eva M. Clayton

I wanted to just share for the record that as we talk about young people having children, I think we would be remiss if we did not see opportunities that we have here in Congress where we can intervene, and we have not done that. I know…

Leadership of the committee is to be commended for eliminating the mandate for block granting the Food Stamp Program. A State option on block grants, however, remains and will be an issue on the floor. Also, during markup, the committee…

I was just looking at this report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and looked at the State of Georgia and noted that over 108,000 persons will have less nutrition than they have now. These include school aged children, pre-school…

I was thinking in this atmosphere of reduction and deficit reduction, it seems to be pound-foolish and to be penny-wise in trying to cut back on nutrition programs when you put at risk not only kids' learning abilities but also raise the…

You had emphasized the value of nutrition for education. I just wanted you to expand on that in terms of the value of nutrition to reduce the cost of health care. Part of, obviously, why nutrition is valuable is to make sure young people…

My colleague has put her finger really on the crux of this issue. I say do not listen to all of us tonight, listen to us, but talk to the people in our districts who run these programs. These are successful programs. They work. They are…

I have records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and you will suffer 279 less young people being fed under your program.

I am receiving a tremendous amount of mail both in the areas of school lunch and in the areas of senior citizen programs. We know the value of having it with young children and pregnant women in terms of those areas, so I would hope, as we…

But does that mean that the Constitution nullifies the gentleman's bill? No. If the Constitution exists it is going to exist whether my bill is passed or not; it does not nullify the bill. But if you pass a provision that strikes what is…

He is substituting the fourth amendment for the language in the bill. Thereby he eliminates efforts we are making to modify the evidentiary rule that the Supreme Court has carved out for search and seizure cases under the fourth amendment.

If the gentleman could understand that this is not suggesting that this should replace any priority that we have. It is consistent with the priority I would have as a county commissioner or a Governor would have for his citizens. The…

The other point that I think needs to be made, this is not a very expensive program. We are not talking about big bucks. In many places, the State volunteers to put the money there. When they get Federal money, it is because the State asks…

I would suggest that though that has happened, they also included very specific language, wherein my amendment is very broadly structured to include workplace safety. This is consistent with the language, that the gentleman has said that…

This is not a matter that should be rushed through and rubber stamped because some Members believe it is more important to make a point in 100 days than it is to save hundreds of lives. And, if it is to be pushed forward on a fast track…

To avoid that result, I urge two changes: One, that we should not punish those who have given all of their lives--the aged; we should exempt Social Security from the balanced budget calculation. Social Security is, indeed, the contract…

I also want to thank my colleagues who signed on to the resolution recognizing the week of March 20 through March 26 as Small Family Farm Week. It is a recognition that we are giving because, in fact, we are losing small family farms. We…

I want to lift up the name of Floyd B. McKissick, in terms of economic development... I want to recognize the untiring efforts in economic development of community development corporations in my district who are beginning to emerge as the…