[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 40 (Tuesday, April 8, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H1295]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




AN IMPORTANT ALLIANCE ON AN ISSUE OF GREAT CONCERN: HEALTH CARE FOR OUR 
                                CHILDREN

  (Mr. McGOVERN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, last week a remarkable thing happened. Two 
senior Members of the other body, representing the States of 
Massachusetts and Utah, forged an important alliance on an issue of 
great concern to the American people, health care for our children.
  What makes this partnership so remarkable is not simply that these 
two Members represent different regions and different political 
parties, but that one is a respected leading liberal and the other is a 
respected leading conservative. And yet both men discovered something 
more important than regional differences, more important than 
partisanship and more important than political ideology.
  They understand that a nation as wealthy and powerful as ours simply 
cannot allow 10 million of its children to go without basic health 
care. So they came together and they are leading an effort to do what 
is right for our children.
  I am inspired by the bipartisan cooperation that led to the Kennedy-
Hatch health care bill, and I have renewed hope that this body, the 
U.S. House of Representatives, can come together in a bipartisan way to 
guarantee that every child in America has the health coverage they need 
and deserve, and, Mr. Speaker, let us do it today.

                          ____________________