[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 165 (Tuesday, October 24, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H10647]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        THE ASSAULT ON CHILDREN

  (Mr. KLINK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KLINK. Mr. Speaker, last week, it was the assault on the elderly. 
This week, as budget reconciliation comes to the floor of the House, 
the assault is on children.
  Let me talk for a moment, Mr. Speaker, about my home State of 
Pennsylvania. The Republican Medicaid plan would eliminate coverage for 
as many as 114,892 Pennsylvania children and 4.4 million children 
nationwide. We are also going to cut in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh 
infant mortality programs by 52 percent.
  We have heard a lot about tax credits. That is nonrefundable. How 
many people who have two or four children at the end of the year owe 
$1,000 or $2,000? Actually, when they eliminate the earned income tax 
credit, families with two or more children in Pennsylvania will face an 
average tax increase of $448 under the Republican plan.
  This plan will deny Head Start to 6,000 children across Pennsylvania 
and 180,000 children nationwide. It will deny 45,000 Pennsylvania 
students basic and advanced skills in 1996 by cutting title I. The cuts 
just keep on coming, Mr. Speaker.

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