[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 161 (Tuesday, October 23, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H11852]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           REAUTHORIZE SCHIP

  (Mr. CARNAHAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARNAHAN. Madam Speaker, President Bush and about 10 House 
Republicans are all that stand between 10 million children and the 
health care they need and deserve. I am deeply disappointed in the 
President's dumbfounding veto of the SCHIP bill. He reneged on his 
pledge he made when running for re-election in 2004.
  The bill to reauthorize SCHIP continues coverage for 6 million kids 
currently covered and provides incentives for another 4 million kids 
who have been falling through the cracks of the health care system. The 
program continues to focus on low- and moderate-income families who 
earn too much for the Medicaid program, but can't afford private health 
care.
  Madam Speaker, the big momentum behind this historic bill is growing 
exponentially and will not be stopped. To those blocking the SCHIP 
reauthorization from becoming law, I say either get on board, get out 
of the way, or get run over. The children's health care bill is on its 
way, either with or without you.
  SCHIP supporters are even more determined than ever to get this done 
by the mid-November deadline. Let's all finish this job. For children's 
health care in America, it's fourth and goal on the 1-yard line. 
Working together, we can overpower anyone left blocking the way.

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