By making available this opportunity to which they are already entitled. we are merely investing in our own future. To do otherwise. to deny this increase in funding this vital program is to place an intolerable mortgage on the future. a mortgage which might well not be redeemable. H.R. 12350 is not a panacea for the many national ills to which it addresses itself. but it will continue to provide that necessary ray of hope to the aged. the poor. the disadvantaged children. the migrant worker. The bill offers not to cure all of their ills. it offers only to declare that we are aware and concerned and will continue to make the effort to assist them in some small way. We could and should do far more.