Mr. President. I might say to my colleagues in the Senate this amendment seeks to right a wrong. It seeks to provide food stamp coverage for the children of legal immigrants to the United States. The welfare reform bill cut off food stamp protection for childrendeserving qualified childrenand really relegated over 200.000 children across the United States into a position where they do not have adequate nutrition. It does not do our Nation a bit of good to deny these children food at a moment in their lives when it is important to their development. These kids are likely to become American citizens.
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