The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) has a stellar record of improving participants’ health, in a cost-effective manner. For more than 25 years there’s been a bipartisan commitment to providing enough WIC funding through the annual appropriations process so that all the eligible families with low incomes who apply can be served while maintaining benefit levels. But the House Appropriations Committee is poised to consider a bill this week that would slash WIC’s fruit and vegetable benefits for 5 million participants and most likely force eligible