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Supporting Women and Families Expanding Access to Quality Health Care The Clinton Administration Record Made improvement of women's health a priority Signed legislation requiring that women and minorities Expanding Economic Opportunities for Families are included in NIH-supported research Signed the Family & Medical Leave Act Increased funding for breast cancer research by 65% Improved access to child care, established Child Care Committed to making abortion safe, legal and rare Bureau and National Child Care Information Center (1-800-616-2242) Revoked Reagan-Bush restrictions on abortion counseling Expanded Earned Income Tax Credit, giving a tax cut to Signed Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, millions of working families ensuring clinic safety Committed to increasing the minimum wage Developed Childhood Immunization Plan, ensuring vaccination and healthy future for all children Strengthened equal opportunity through affirmative action Developed healthy school meal initiative for students Increased enforcement of child support and introduced legislation that doubles federal child support collections Placed WIC on full-funding path Fighting for federal budget that strengthens families, e.g., Ensured safety, effectiveness and availability of Medicare, Medicaid, education mammography Increased resources to reach women affected by HIV/AIDS Making our Homes and Communities Safer Established first Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women's Signed Assault Weapons Ban and Brady Bill Health Signed the Violence Against Women Act Generating Economic Opportunities for Women Created the Violence Against Women Office SBA lending to women increased by 86 percent Introduced Operation Safe Home to fight crime in public housing DOL's Women's Bureau launched Honor Roll initiative, encouraging employers to implement family-friendly Put 100,000 new police on the street policies good for women Supported Family Preservation and Support Act, providing Expanded the public-private SBA's Women's services to prevent child abuse and neglect Demonstration Program, providing business skills and Investing in Education and Training for Our Families training for women Created and signed Student Loan Reform, saving students Created the Interagency Committee on Women's Business and taxpayers money Enterprise, eliminating barriers to economic development within federal agencies Increased Head Start funding, improving teaching and facilities and allowing for more students Increased federal procurement contracts for women in both percentage and dollar amounts Signed National Service Act, helping communities and students Supporting Women as Partners in Decision Making Signed School-to-Work Opportunities Act, preparing 42 percent of President's appointees are women, highest students for careers and advanced education ever Signed Goals 2000: Educate America Act, setting higher Six women hold Cabinet-level positions, highest ever standards 59 percent of all President's judicial nominees are women Signed reauthorization of Elementary and Secondary Education and minorities, highest ever Act, providing better education for impoverished students Second President to nominate a woman to the Supreme Court Supported Safe and Drug-Free Schools Act Opened almost 260,000 positions for women in the Ensuring Safer Air, Water and Food military Signed order requiring polluters to disclose information Established Older Women's Initiative, bringing focus on and expanded public's right-to-know about toxic releases issues impacting older women and their families Issued new standard to cut pollution from chemical plants Created President's Interagency Council on Women, 90% by 1997 bringing home the agreements reached at U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women to benefit American Made drinking water safer by requiring elimination of women and families contaminants Established White House Office for Women's Initiatives Launched "reinventing environmental regulation," cutting & Outreach red tape and better protecting public health Improved meat and poultry inspection systems, increasing White House Office for Women's Initiatives & Outreach safety of the food supply 202-456-7300, fax 202-456-7311 12/20/95 PHOTOCOPY PRESERVATION