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

For families: improve schools; reform taxes; restore honesty

And that is as it should be, and as it can be again.
• 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.

Voted against WIC welfare nuttrition programs

More funds for pre-school & early education

Cheney co-sponsored the following bills in Congress:
• 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.

More obscenity enforcement; more character education

Cheney co-sponsored the following bills in Congress:
• 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.

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

Cheney co-sponsored the following bills in Congress:
• 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.