Herb Kohl: “I have long supported programs important to improving the lives of children and, last year, I had included in the fiscal…”

“I have long supported programs important to improving the lives of children and, last year, I had included in the fiscal year 2003 Agriculture appropriations bill a provision to expand an ongoing pilot related to the USDA Summer Food Services Program. This increase would have expanded to all 50 States a successful 13-State pilot program to streamline the process of setting up a summer feeding site. A report released last summer by the Food Research and Action Center found that the 13 pilot States increased their participation in the SFSP by 8.9 percent between July 2000 and July 2001. Participation in the rest of the Nation decreased by approximately 3.3 percent during the same time period.”