It strengthens the Head Start program to include an additional 200.000 young children by 2002 and provides for 1 million tutors for older students who need help catching up. The expansion of the Pell Grant programs and $35 billion in education tax credits will increase access for working families and their children to help them help themselves through the wonders of higher education. I believe in welfare reform. but I opposed the rank unfairness in last years bill that sought to end all benefits to legal immigrants. The provisions to restore benefits to elderly disabled legal immigrants will help impart some fairness to welfare reform. I also support the tax incentives for businesses to help increase welfaretowork opportunities. This budget also restores health insurance for half of our Nations 10 million uninsured children.
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