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    "ocrText": "BODY:\nPresident Clinton said yesterday that more than 8 million people have left welfare during his presidency, a nearly 60\npercent drop in eight years that has brought welfare rolls to their lowest level in 30 years.\nIn one of his last weekly radio addresses, Clinton also hailed the new budget passed by Congress that will provide\nhundreds of millions of dollars to offer health insurance to the poor, revive poor communities and renovate schools.\n\"Our best days still lie ahead. This budget proves it. The successful desire of people to move from welfare to work\nproves it,\" Clinton said.\nBut Republicans took issue with Clinton's claiming credit for the welfare reform law, which was put forth by the\nRepublican-led Congress and then signed by Clinton.\n\"As I recall, Democrats went kicking and screaming into welfare reform,\" said Oklahoma Rep. J.C. Watts, chairman\nof the House Republican Conference. \"Doom and gloom was predicted as far as the eye could see. Republicans were\naccused of wanting to starve children and throw grandparents in the street.\"\nWatts said that, in retrospect, the predictions look \"silly.\"\nAs part of his address, Clinton announced that 28 states would receive grants totaling $200 million to support child-\ncare and job-training programs to encourage more welfare recipients to move into the work force.\n\"Over the past eight years we've cut welfare caseloads by more than 8 million people. Last year alone, 1.2 million\nparents on welfare went to work determined to build better lives,\" he added, saying welfare rolls had fallen nearly 60\npercent since 1993 to their lowest level in 30 years.\n\"We are finally breaking the cycle of dependence that has long crippled the hopes of too many families,\" he said.\nThe president, who steps down Jan. 20, also praised the long-overdue $1.8 trillion budget passed by Congress late\nFriday to fund the government for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.\nClinton cited several areas where Congress provided money for his key priorities, including $900 million to renovate\nschools, $817 million to help working families pay for child care and funding for his \"New Markets\" initiative to bring\ninvestment to blighted rural and urban communities.\n\"From the streets of our central cities, to the hills of Appalachia, to the rugged vistas of our Native American\nreservations to the Mississippi Delta, we are giving people the tools of opportunity to make the most of their potential,\"\nhe said.\nLOAD-DATE: December 17, 2000\nThe Associated Press State & Local Wire\nThe materials in the AP file were compiled by The Associated Press. These materials may not be republished without\nthe express written consent of The Associated Press.\nDecember 16, 2000, Saturday, BC cycle\nSECTION: State and Regional; Washington Dateline\nLENGTH: 361 words"
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