[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 161 (Tuesday, October 23, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H11850-H11851]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 SCHIP

  (Mr. BOUSTANY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

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  Mr. BOUSTANY. Madam Speaker, SCHIP continues to be used as a 
political game by Washington liberals. Sensible, effective compromise 
does exist to bring meaningful bipartisan support for this necessary 
program.
  The Kids First bill, of which I am a cosponsor, adds 1.3 million new 
children to the SCHIP program by 2012. It encourages the States to move 
children to private coverage. Kids First provides $14 billion in new 
SCHIP allotments, and it includes $400 million in grants for outreach 
and enrollment. This is a sensible approach.
  I support SCHIP, and I am committed to ensuring that it is a 
successful program that helps children who need it and the children for 
whom it was really intended, those who are in poverty. It makes SCHIP a 
program for those whom it was intended for.
  I thank my colleagues, Representatives Camp and Hulshof, for their 
work on this bill. I ask my colleagues on the other side of the aisle 
to join us in this compromise approach to help put our poor children 
first.

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