Republicans: In 1998, when Republicans controlled both Houses of Congress, they introduced and passed the William F. Goodling Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act (H.R.3874), which not only reauthorized, but greatly expanded, the National School Lunch Program. It passed in the Senate by unanimous consent. Every Democrat and every Republican in the House—except Ron Paul—voted in favor of the bill. In 2004, when the Republicans not only controlled both Houses of Congress, but the presidency as well, they introduced and passed the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act (S.2507). It passed in the Senate by unanimous consent, passed without objection in the House, and was signed into law by George W. Bush. Republicans who rail against Mrs. Obama because of her meddling into the school lunch program need to take a good long look in the mirror—and in the Constitution. Not only does the federal government have absolutely no authority to have anything to do with school lunches, it has absolutely no authority to have anything to do with schools, education, teachers, or students. Pay no attention to Republican rhetoric about fiscal conservatism, limited government, federalism, balanced budgets, spending cuts, and free markets. They don’t mean a word of it. And pay no attention to what Republicans say about Mrs. Obama and her stupid ideas of what your children should eat for lunch at school. Republican criticisms only serve to mask the gross violations of the Constitution that they are guilty of. -Laurence Vance
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:03:55 +0000
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