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Subject: Good things about Hillary
Bart, I've never seen a laundry list like this
before, don't know the source,
but a bit of knowledge can go a long way.
In the White House, Hillary led efforts to make
adoption easier, to expand early learning and child care,
to increase funding for breast cancer research,
and to help veterans suffering from Gulf War syndrome who
had too often been ignored in the past. She helped
launch a national campaign to prevent teen pregnancy
and helped create the Adoption and Safe Families
Act of 1997, which moved children from foster care to
adoption more quickly. Thanks in part to her
efforts, the number of children who have moved out of foster
care into adoption has increased dramatically.
She was instrumental in designing and championing the State
Children's Health Insurance Program, which has
provided millions of children with health insurance.
She battled the big drug companies to force them
to test their drugs for children and to make sure all kids
get the immunizations they need through the Vaccines
for Children Program. Immunization rates dramatically
improved after the program launched.After the
terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Hillary worked with
her colleagues to secure the funds New York needed
to recover and rebuild. She fought to provide
compensation to the families of the victims,
grants for hard-hit small businesses, and health care for front line
workers at Ground Zero.She is the first New Yorker
ever to serve on the Senate Armed Services Committee,
working to see that America's military has the
necessary resources to protect our national security.
She has visited troops in Iraq and Afghanistan
and at Fort Drum in New York, home of the 10th Mountain
Division and other New York bases, as well as
at Walter Reed Military Hospital. She has learned first-hand
the challenges facing American combat forces.
Hillary passed legislation to track the health status of our troops
so that conditions like Gulf War Syndrome would
no longer be misdiagnosed. She is an original sponsor of
legislation that expanded health benefits to
members of the National Guard and Reserves and has been a
strong critic of the Administration's handling
of Iraq.
She has introduced legislation to tie Congressional
salary increases to an increase in the minimum wage,
because she believes if America's working people
don't deserve a raise, neither does Congress. She has
supported a variety of middle-class tax cuts,
including marriage penalty relief, property tax relief, and
reduction in the Alternative Minimum Tax, and
supports fiscally responsible pay-as-you-go budget rules.
She helped pass legislation that encouraged investment
to create jobs in struggling communities through the
Renewal Communities program.She worked to strengthen
the Children's Health Insurance Program, which
increased coverage for children in low income
and working families. She authored legislation that has been
enacted to improve quality and lower the cost
of prescription drugs and to protect our food supply from
bioterrorism. She sponsored legislation to increase
America's commitment to fighting the global HIV/AIDS
crisis, and is now leading the fight for expanded
use of information technology in the health care system to
decrease administrative costs, lower premiums,
and reduce medical errors.
Her strong advocacy for children continues in
the Senate. Some of Hillary's proudest achievements have
been her work to ensure the safety of prescription
drugs for children, with legislation now included in the
Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act, and her
legislation to help schools address environmental hazards.
She has also proposed expanding access to child
care. She has passed legislation that will bring more
qualified teachers into classrooms and more outstanding
principals to lead our schools. AND SHE HAD
THE BALLS TO TELL RUMSFELD TO HIS FACE THAT HE
WAS A LOSER
Sent in by Rio