David Obey: “Mr. Chairman, this is not a liberal issue. This is not a conservative issue. This is an issue of values. Who are we and…”

“Mr. Chairman, this is not a liberal issue. This is not a conservative issue. This is an issue of values. Who are we and what do we stand for in the United States of America? We are talking about cereal, we are talking about milk, and we are talking about formula, and we are talking about pregnant women and children. What the Kaptur-Roukema amendment does is to provide necessary funding to prevent 180,000 women, infants, and children from being kicked out of the WIC Program. These numbers are not administration numbers, they are not Democratic numbers, these are numbers that come from the States. The process of seeing people thrown off of this program has already begun in States like Arizona and Nebraska. In the last several weeks, Members have taken the case for WIC to the American people. We have explained that WIC is a program that works, that it saves the Federal Government $3 for every dollar that it has invested, and that it provides assistance to those in our society that need it the most: Pregnant women and young children. I thank my colleagues on the other side of the aisle for joining. Support Kaptur-Roukema. Let us not gamble with our children's lives.”