Jerry Moran: “President Clinton has achieved a balanced budget agreement that includes critical investments in education, health care…”

“President Clinton has achieved a balanced budget agreement that includes critical investments in education, health care, and the environment while strengthening and modernizing Medicare and Medicaid--just as he promised last year. We have cut the deficit 63%--from $290 billion in 1992 to $107 billion last year. This historic achievement will finish the job, giving the American people the first balanced budget in a generation, while meeting the President's goals. goal: to ensure that every 8-year-old can read, every 12-year-old can log on to the internet, and every 18-year-old can go to college Largest Pell Grant Increase in Two Decades--4 million students will receive a grant of up to $3,000, an increase of $300 in the maximum grant. Tax cuts targeted to higher education to make college more affordable for America's families. An America Reads initiative to mobilize a million tutors to help three million children learn to read by the end of the third grade. Expansion of Head Start--to achieve goal of one million kids in 2002. Doubles funding to help schools integrate innovative technology into the curriculum. goal: expand health coverage for as many as 5 million uncovered children Medicaid improvements and added Medicaid investments.”