evidence: [At this point, the President kissed several women in the audience.] [...] Last year I submitted a budget that's now in effect during 1979 that increased total allocation of Federal funds for the poor by $4.5 billion. And next year, even though it's a very tight budget for fiscal year 1980, beginning this October, we again increased the allocation of funds for the poor $4 billion more. So, with the change in aid for the elderly who are genuinely poor and for the changes in the rate structure of electricity and the help for insulating homes, that's what the Federal Government can do. [...] Jimmy Carter, Elk City, Oklahoma Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at a Town Meeting. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/249330