Emma Lungren's List: Contemp Paper #2

The cost of the WIC program to federal taxpayers has increased from $4 billion in fiscal 2000 to $7 billion in fiscal 2009.

A key WIC lobby group is the National WIC Association, which represents the 2,000 state and local government agencies that administer WIC.³⁵ The association drafts studies on the supposed importance of WIC, advocates its positions to federal policymakers, and holds conferences in Washington.