George Miller: “The fact is when we analyze the Republicans' welfare bill, the Republicans' rescission bill, the Republicans' nutrition…”

“The fact is when we analyze the Republicans' welfare bill, the Republicans' rescission bill, the Republicans' nutrition and school lunch bill, the Republicans' child care bill, and what we see is a systematic assault on children, and especially poor children in this Nation. In the rescission bill that will be coming to the floor of the House next week, $25 million has been cut by the Republicans for the Women, Infants and Children Program. This means about 100,000 pregnant women and newborn infants will not be served this fiscal year. These are women and newborn infants who have been medically certified to be at high risk of having a pregnancy that is not normal or pregnancy that might not be carried to term or the birth of an infant that will be low birth weight and run a much, much higher risk of needing all kinds of intensive medical care at the time of birth. These are some of the most expensive babies born in America today.”