CT has areas with infant mortality approaching that of the Third World. The administration tried to say that infant mortality was a priority. but Its approach was all sound and fury and no substance. Rather. it relied on gutting proven programs. the child and matemal block grant and community and migrant health centers to fund the new Initiative. The Appropriations Committee. In the Supplemental Appropriation for fiscal 1991. wisely rejected that approach. I am equally pleased that the Budget Committee has chosen to do the same. Not only does this budget reject raiding current programs that work to fund a new approach. it contains $149 million in new money targeted specifically to the child and maternally block grant and community and migrant health centers. These programs are proven. they work. If they are adequately funded. they can be far more effective than an underfunded block grant.