But the Federal law guarantees the States provide services to. quote. assure mothers and children. and particularly those lowincome mothers and children. access to quality maternal and child health services. unquote. and they determine that the lowincome mothers and children are those with family incomes below 100 percent of the Federal poverty guidelines. The HHS officials have cited the maternal and child care health block grant as a model of the FederalState partnership in that it provides the maximum flexibility to the States to achieve what they determine is best for their citizens. Under the community and migrant health centers program. comprehensive health care services. including family planning. are already provided to over 7.6 million lowincome and medically underserved people. These centers are all community based. and 61 percent of the people receiving services under this program are of minority ethnicity. Sixtysix percent of the users of community and migrant health centers are below the poverty level. I say to my colleagues. if you believe that we should continue to streamline programs. downsize and operate more comprehensive. efficient health care programs for our needy. if you want to get the dollars to those who need it most and take it away from the Beltway bandits. then I urge you to support the LivingstonSmith amendment.