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E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 113 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 160 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2014 No. 22 Senate The Senate was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Thursday, February 6, 2014, at 9:30 a.m. House of Representatives WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2014 The House met at 10 a.m. and was conference report, something the Imagine what happens to a child who called to order by the Speaker pro tem- House did almost 2 weeks ago. I want goes to school hungry. It is harder for pore (Mr. RIBBLE). to thank my House and Senate col- that child to pay attention in class, f leagues who stood firm and voted leading to difficulty learning and also against the conference report because leading to challenges in terms of their DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO of the egregious cuts to SNAP, for- development, mentally and physically. TEMPORE merly known as food stamps. I am es- Kids who go without food are literally The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- pecially proud and thankful that none at a disadvantage to those who are eat- fore the House the following commu- of my Massachusetts colleagues voted ing healthy meals. They are starting nication from the Speaker: for the bill. Unfortunately, I think from a much worse position, and it is WASHINGTON, DC, many of those who voted for this bill because America decides not to help. February 5, 2014. will ultimately come to regret their That is changing. Participation in I hereby appoint the Honorable REID J. vote. the school lunch program is strong, RIBBLE to act as Speaker pro tempore on this Now that the fight over SNAP fund- and the good news is that participation day. ing and the farm bill is over, it is time in the school breakfast program is ris- JOHN A. BOEHNER, to look forward and once again refocus ing. Speaker of the House of Representatives. on how we can end hunger now. Despite I want to highlight a recent report f the attacks on the poor that come from from the Food Research and Action Center, or FRAC, as they are com- MORNING-HOUR DEBATE the Republican leadership in this Con- gress, there are good things that are monly known. FRAC reports that The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- happening among the antihunger com- 311,000 more kids received school ant to the order of the House of Janu- munity, and there are opportunities breakfast than the previous year. ary 7, 2014, the Chair will now recog- out there that we can take advantage We all know how important break- nize Members from lists submitted by of as we work to end hunger now. fast is. Our parents all told us to eat a the majority and minority leaders for Every day, millions of hungry kids healthy breakfast so we can learn and morning-hour debate. are able to eat a nutritious meal be- grow. I tell my kids the same thing The Chair will alternate recognition cause of the school lunch program. In every day, even though they don’t al- between the parties, with each party fact, 29 million children in more than ways pay attention. The school break- limited to 1 hour and each Member 98,000 schools and residential child care fast program is a critical part of ensur- other than the majority and minority institutions participate in the school ing that kids from poor families are leaders and the minority whip limited lunch program on a typical day. Nearly able to start the day off right; that to 5 minutes, but in no event shall de- 20 million kids receive their lunch at they don’t start the school day off hun- bate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. either a reduced price or free. gry, so they can learn properly and f The school lunch program is a life- they can develop. line for these kids who come from poor Unlike the school lunch program, END HUNGER NOW families. It is not their fault that their where the meal is served during the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The parents don’t earn enough for them to school day when kids are already in Chair recognizes the gentleman from put food on the table. For most of school, many of these school breakfast Massachusetts (Mr. MCGOVERN) for 5 these kids, this is the only nutritious programs take place before school minutes. meal, and in some cases, the only meal starts. Because of that starting time, Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, yes- they will eat on a weekday. That is millions of kids don’t participate in terday the Senate passed the farm bill why this program is so important. the school breakfast program. That is b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H1595 . VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:57 Feb 06, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A05FE7.000 H05FEPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H1596 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE February 5, 2014 why this report from FRAC is so en- that. Eighty years ago, the differences Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ. Mr. Speaker, there couraging. Schools are starting to offer between rural and urban America were is no area of foreign policy that pro- breakfast free of charge to all children, even more stark. That is why today it duces greater concern amongst Amer- not just kids who qualify based on in- is my privilege to rise as we celebrate ican citizens than the prospect of a nu- come. Schools are moving breakfast the 80th anniversary of the Tennessee clear-armed Iran. Whether Democrat, out of the cafeteria and into the class- Valley Authority. In the 1930s, rural Independent, or Republican, there is re- room after school starts, something America did not have many of the markable unity across the ideological that is known as Breakfast After the basic things of life like electricity, spectrum that we must do everything Bell. running water, and a lot of the things in our power to prevent that outcome. I am pleased that a new Federal pro- that we consider frills today, like We have heard the steady drumbeat gram called Community Eligibility, a radio, music, and news. over the years that Iran is moving clos- program in seven States that allows As a result, many Americans, par- er and closer to achieving nuclear ca- high-poverty schools to provide free ticularly younger generations of Amer- pability. We have seen the regime en- breakfast and lunch to all students icans, were migrating from the small gage in dangerous provocations and without the need for an application, is towns and the farms across rural offer support to Hezbollah and other increasing daily breakfast participa- America and moving to the larger cit- militant groups that have threatened tion. FRAC found that daily breakfast ies. Seeing this shift, a couple of vi- the stability of the region and caused participation rose by 5 percent in these sionary members of the Congress, in- significant concerns for our allies and seven States compared to 21⁄2 percent in cluding my predecessor, Mississippi friends. nonparticipating States. Representative John Rankin, and Sen- The Obama administration worked We can do better, but this is encour- ator George Norris from Nebraska, with our international partners to im- aging. Kids who eat healthy, nutritious made it their mission to bring elec- pose crippling sanctions on Iran. Those meals do better in school and have tricity to rural America. sanctions covered Iran’s banking, en- fewer problems as they grow up. School On May 18, 1933, the Tennessee Valley ergy, shipping, shipbuilding, insurance, meals are a critical part of ensuring Authority was created by this Congress and broadcasting sectors, and even gold that kids eat properly. School break- in an effort to improve the living con- and precious metals. fasts are a big part of the equation. ditions and the economic conditions for Now, after decades of tension be- FRAC found that if all States increased seven southern States, including Mis- tween the United States and Iran and participation so they reached 70 poor sissippi. In 1934, President Roosevelt the escalating international pressure of kids with breakfast for every 100 that came to Tupelo, Mississippi, and lit- sanctions and isolation, we have seen ate lunch, 3.8 million children would erally flipped the switch to turn on the positive steps in relatively quick suc- have been added to the breakfast pro- lights. Shortly after that, north Mis- cession. After the election of Iranian gram, and States would have received sissippi became one of the Nation’s ear- President Hassan Rouhani in 2013, I more than $964 million in added Fed- liest regions to begin to adopt rural joined over 130 of my colleagues calling electrification. eral nutrition funding in 2012 and 2013. on President Obama to ‘‘utilize all dip- Over the past 80 years, the Tennessee We should be proud of the work that lomatic tools to reinvigorate ongoing Valley Authority has been committed USDA and States and localities are nuclear talks,’’ including the potential not only to providing reliable, cleaner, doing to increase breakfast participa- that ‘‘bilateral and multilateral sanc- and low-cost energy, but also com- tion. As we move towards a reauthor- tions be calibrated in a way that they mitted to the economic well-being of ization of the Child Nutrition Act, we induce significant and verifiable con- our region across the Tennessee Valley.