[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 151 (Wednesday, November 20, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S11664]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST--S. 3180

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of a bill at the desk to amend the Social 
Security Act to extend the availability of allotments for fiscal years 
1998 through 2001 under the State Children's Health Insurance Program; 
that this bill be read a third time, passed, and the motion to 
reconsider be laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate; 
and that any statements related thereto be printed in the Record.
  This legislation is so important. What it does is it amends the 
Social Security Act to extend the availability of allotments for fiscal 
years 1998 through 2001 under the State Children's Health Insurance 
Program, so-called SCHIP.
  This is a program that virtually every Governor of the 50 States 
badly needs. This is one of the reasons the States, with rare 
exception, are spending in the red.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection?
  Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire. Mr. President, on behalf of the 
leadership at this time, I have to object.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection is heard.
  The Senator from New Hampshire is recognized.

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