community action programs that do so much for liheap, low income heating, energy and assistance programs, community action programs that do so much for the elderly and the poor. i mentioned the elementary and secondary education act, the higher education act of 1965, the bilingual education act to help kids have english learners as a second language. i mentioned medicare and medicaid. how about the clean water act, clean air act, the land and water conservation act, motor vehicle safety act, the wholesome meat act, truth-in-lending act, and on and on? i'm not going to read them all. these are all parts -- these are all parts of the great society programs. they made our country what it is today. we have cleaner air, cleaner water, better educated kids, better health care, better cancer research, all kinds of research done at the n.i.h. these programs, along with social security, undergird the middle class in our society and create a ladder of opportunity to allow disadvantaged americans to work up and become part of the middle class. these programs define america as a decent, compassionat

and many people in my state, including senior citizens, desperately need a program called liheap, the low-income heating energy assistance program, which provides help to many people, including a lot of seniors in staying warm when it gets 20 below zero. i fear very much that there will be major cuts in that program. in our state we have done very, very well in expanding community health centers. we got over 110,000 people now accessing new community health centers, finally being able to get a doctor and a dentist when they need it. i'm going to do everything i can to prevent those cuts, i fear, that those programs can be cut. in vermont, in connecticut, all over this country, we have a major crisis in child care. a families want to get into the head start program. they want affordable child care. those programs will be cut. in my state, we have a program that helps struggling dairy farmers, a program called the milk program. it helps them stay in business. i fear very much -- and i'm going to fight against this -- i fear that that program will be cut. we have young people today from