I appreciate having the opportunity to appear before you and the other members of the Budget Committee to express my support for the continuation of the General Revenue Sharing Program. Mr. Chairman. a multitude of pressing concerns confront our Nations communities. Poverty. hunger and homelessness: increasing immigrant and refugee populations. drug use and drugrelated as well as organized crime. a growing. elderly population. often on fixed incomes. and. a disenchanted youth population looking for skills. jobs and a future. Add to that. plant closings and farm foreclosures have left permanent scars on our fellow Americans in many industrial. manufacturing and agricultural based jurisdictions. Many community leaders have been successful in marshaling the resources to cope with these problems and others have faced severe difficulties.
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