These cuts in Medicare. child welfare. and other programs would be devastating to both the Integrity of the programs and those they serve. The Presidents recommendation for cuts of $25.2 billion In Medicare over 5 years would have had a catastrophic effect on a program that had seen dramatic cutbacks over the past 10 years. I think the committee took the right step in rejecting the Presidents request to take money from programs such as the matemal and child health block grant and community and migrant health centersprograms that designed to stem the growth in Infant mortalityand use those funds to pay for a new infant mortality initiative. Instead. the committee righty restored funds for these two programs. and used funds from the Presidents request to supplement them. I am pleased to see increases in programs that I view as priorities. such as Head Start. maternal and child health care. and education.