On the recordMarch 2, 1995
The school lunch program under the Republican majority proposal will actually increase the current $4.5 billion budgeted to $4.7 billion for fiscal year 1996. The other side of the aisle would have you believe the school lunch program will be eliminated. This is pure fiction. Republicans propose to actually increase by 4.5 percent more on school lunches in 1996 and 4 percent for each year thereafter for the next 5 years. They key to delivering more to our local schools is accomplished by eliminating the Federal bureaucrats and their involvement, and directly sending aid to the States for our local students. Through this block grant, the weight of the unnecessary Federal paperwork will be eliminated.
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