On the recordMay 8, 1997
in this body we all talk about putting our families first and about balancing the budget. But I find it very difficult to understand how Republicans have cut $38 million from the WIC Program when the WIC Program is the single best bipartisan program to help us put our families and our children first and take care of women that are pregnant, to deliver healthy children, and, and to save us money; because for every dollar we invest in WIC we save $3.50. So cutting $38 million is probably going to end up costing us over $120 million in added benefits down the line. I encourage my Republican colleagues to act in a bipartisan way to restore these very, very important funds to a program that has always had wide bipartisan support.
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