Political Quotes

“since the death of Chairman Carl Perkins, I have proudly accepted my role as the son of school lunch and child nutrition. He was the father. I am really disappointed with the press accounts of the last several weeks, with the accounts of some of my colleagues, with those who are inside the Beltway as nutrition lobbyists. I do not take exception to the fact that perhaps their philosophy is different and they want to defend their philosophy against mine. But I do object to the fact that if they had read what is in H.R. 999, I do object to the fact that they are being Herman Goebbels, who was Hitler's propaganda expert. And he basically said that if you tell a lie enough times and big enough and long enough, you will get a lot of people to believe it. And that is very discouraging to me because, as I said, if it is a philosophical difference, I do not have any problem with that. But if you will not read what is in H.R. 999, I do have a problem with that. Or if you have read it and you mischaracterize what is in it, I really have a problem with that. Since the death of Chairman Perkins, I have shepherded, protected, and guided these programs in Congress. I heard someone say this evening that they have a vision of the future for children. I have a vision for the future of our children. And that vision is to have the healthiest children in the world. But my vision goes beyond that.…”