The stated purpose of the welfare reform bill was to promote selfsufficiency and to eliminate the reliance of government assistance for able bodied individuals. The goal being to return these able bodied individuals back to work. As a result of the Welfare Reform bill we witnessed a direct attack on our noncitizen elderly population. These individuals clearly should not have been included in the group targeted to return to work. Recognizing this. Congress and the President partially restored some of the benefits unfairly denied this population. However. even with the partial restoration of benefits. many of our elderly noncitizen population are still suffering. This bill will remedy the unfair result imposed by Congress last year by restoring to a small group of our most vulnerable individuals their food stamps. These individuals are our most needy.
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