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HEARINGS ON H.R. 24, CHILD NUTRITION AND WIC

FIRST SESSION

HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, DC, FEBRUARY 8 AND 28; AND
MARCH 2 AND 23, 1989

Serial No. 101-28

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Bode, John, Assistant Secretary for Food and Consumer Services, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, accompanied by Scott Dunn, Acting Admin-

istrator, FNS, USDA, and George Braley, Deputy Administrator for

Special Nutrition Programs, FNS, USDA

Chiles, Senator Lawton, (retired), Chairman, National Commission to Pre-
vent Infant Mortality......

Gardner, Rebecca, Legislative Coordinator, National Association of NET
Program Coordinators; Edward Cooney, Deputy Director, Food Re-
search and Action Center, accompanied by Linda Locke, Advocacy Di-
rector, Community Coordinated Child Care, Kentucky; Dorothy Pan-
nell, Director of Food Services, Fairfax County Schools, Virginia; and
Robert Greenstein, Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.......
Schiff, Dr. Donald W., President of the American Academy of Pediatrics;
Ms. Djamillah Samad, WIC Association of New York State; and Mr.
Loren Bell, President of the National Association of WIC Directors........
Watkins, Shirley, President, American School Food Service Association;
Dr. Robert S. McCord, Director of Government Relations, Clark County,
Nevada Public Schools; and Charles Hughes, President, Local 372, New
York City Board of Education Employees

American Association of Retired Persons, statement of.......

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Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, et cetera:

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Bell, Loren, President of the National Association of WIC Directors,

prepared statement of.

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Bode, John, Assistant Secretary for Food and Consumer Services, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, prepared statement of...

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Bread for the World, statement of..

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California State Department of Education, statement of...

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Chiles, Senator Lawton, (retired), Chairman, National Commission to Pre-

vent Infant Mortality, prepared statement of.

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Commodity Distribution Coalition, statement of.

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Cooney, Edward, Deputy Director, Food Research and Action Center,

prepared statement of

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Gardner, Rebecca, Legislative Coordinator, National Association of NET

Program Coordinators, prepared statement of.

172

Greenstein, Robert, Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities,

prepared statement of.

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Hawkins, Hon. Augustus F., a Representative in Congress from the State

of California, prepared statement of..

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Hughes, Charles, President, Local 372, New York City Board of Education

Employees, prepared statement of.

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Locke, Linda, Advocacy Director, Community Coordinated Child Care,

Kentucky, prepared statement of...

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McCord, Dr. Robert S., Director of Government Relations, Clark County,

Nevada Public Schools, prepared statement of..

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National Association of State Boards of Education, statement of..

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Nutrition, Education & Training, fact sheet....

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Pannell, Dorothy, Director of Food Services, Fairfax County Schools,

Virginia, prepared statement of..

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Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, et cetera-Continued
Rahall, Hon. Nick J., II, a Representative in Congress from the State of
West Virginia, statement of.

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Samad, Djamillah, WIC Association of New York State, prepared statement of

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Schiff, Dr. Donald W., President of the American Academy of Pediatrics,
prepared statement of

"The NET Program: A Ten Year Perspective," article entitled.
Watkins, Shirley, President, American School Food Service Association,
prepared statement of

HEARING ON THE SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1989

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, AND

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION,

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR,

Washington, DC.

The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:06 a.m., in Room 2175, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Augustus F. Hawkins [Chairman] presiding.

Members present: Representatives Hawkins, Perkins, Hayes, Sawyer, Miller, Owens, Payne, Lowey, Poshard, Unsoeld, Rahall, Goodling, Fawell, Grandy, Smith, Bartlett, Gunderson, and Petri.

Staff present: John F. Jennings, counsel; Diane Stark, legislative specialist; Beverly Griffin, research assistant; and Mary Jane Fiske, senior legislative associate.

Chairman HAWKINS. This hearing on H.R. 24, the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education, is formally called to order.

I will not say all of the things that I had planned to say about the WIC program. It is obviously unnecessary to this group.

We are delighted to celebrate the sixteenth anniversary, and to do so by getting down to business in the job of reauthorizing the program.

We have introduced legislation, H.R. 24, in the House which is co-authored by the ranking Republican member of the Committee and myself.

At this time I would like to yield for a brief statement from the ranking minority member, because he must leave for a very important Budget Committee hearing which concerns WIC, as well, so we certainly want to accommodate him.

At this time I yield to Mr. Goodling.

Mr. GOODLING. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will just say, happy birthday to everybody again.

School lunch, child nutrition and all nutrition issues have been very much part of my interest since I have been in Congress for fourteen years, and will continue to be very much a part of my interests, because of course without good nutrition we cannot expect to accomplish any of the other goals that we may have.