Dick Cheney on Families & Children

	Dick Cheney on Families & Children Vice President of the United States under George W. Bush

For families: improve schools; reform taxes; restore honesty

When Lynne and I were growing up, we had so many blessings. We went to good public schools, where we had fine, dedicated teachers. Our mothers, like our fathers, worked outside the home so that we could go to college. We lived in a caring community, where parents were confident that their children’s lives could be even better than their own.

We can make our public schools better.
We can reform the tax code, so that families can keep more of what they earn ... more dollars that they can spend on what they value, rather than on what the government thinks is important.
We can restore the ideals of honesty and honor that must be a part of our national life, if our children are to thrive.

Source: Speech accepting nomination for Vice Presidency , Aug 2, 2000

Voted against WIC welfare nuttrition programs

He voted against the creation of the Department of Education and opposed funding for the Head Start program. He was one of only 16 House members who voted in 1983 against a nonbinding measure to protect a nutrition program for women, infants, and children from budget cuts. Source: (X-ref Welfare) Michael Kranish, Boston Globe, p. A13 , Jul 26, 2000

More funds for pre-school & early education

H.R.3944 (1988):A bill to allow a refundable tax credit for pre-school dependents, and to repeal the credit for expenses for child care services.
H.R.5365 (1988):A bill to make grants to improve the quality and availability of health, family, and preschool services for families with young children.
H.R.5354 (1988):A bill to make grants for demonstration programs on early childhood family education.

Source: Thomas Register of Congressional Votes , Jan 1, 1988

More obscenity enforcement; more character education

H.R.3889 (1988):A bill for child protection and obscenity enforcement.
H.R.4257 (1988) & H.R.1210 (1989):A bill to prevent the mailing of unsolicited sexually oriented advertisements, and for other purposes.
H.R.5352 (1988):A bill to make grants for character education programs.
H.R.5366 (1988):A bill to require the preparation of family impact statements.

Source: Thomas Register of Congressional Votes , Jan 1, 1988

More funds for foster care, adoption, & child support laws

H.R.5353 (1988):A bill to establish family preservation programs and to provide assistance to prevent the placement of children in foster care.
H.R.5364 (1988):A bill to require States as a condition of receiving child support assistance under the AFDC program to better enforce child support orders.
H.R.5374 (1988):A bill to allow a tax credit for the expenses of adopting a child with special needs.

Source: Thomas Register of Congressional Votes , Jan 1, 1988

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Dick Cheney on Families & Children

Vice President of the United States under George W. Bush

For families: improve schools; reform taxes; restore honesty

Voted against WIC welfare nuttrition programs

More funds for pre-school & early education

More obscenity enforcement; more character education

More funds for foster care, adoption, & child support laws