Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA):
It is scandalous to provide insufficient funding for our nation’s two greatest capital investments, health and education.
James 1:27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
Bush cuts spending on Medicare and Pell Grants for the poor. Shame on you!
In regard to the impact of cuts in healthcare for children:
“This is an affront to America’s children. It will really hurt children today and for decades to come,” said Dr. Alan Fleischman of the New York Academy of Medicine, who chairs the study’s federal advisory committee.
One example: -Universal newborn hearing screening, a $10 million program that helps states provide those tests for poor families, usually administering them before babies leave the hospital. Detecting hearing loss early helps ensure that babies get appropriate services so they learn and develop properly.
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