[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 162 (Wednesday, October 24, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H11938-H11939]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        PROVIDING HEALTH CARE FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICAN CHILDREN

  (Mr. WALZ of Minnesota asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. WALZ of Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, last week 10 million children 
were denied health insurance because some of my colleagues on the 
Republican side of the aisle chose to stand with President Bush over 
the children.
  It is disappointing that some of our colleagues stood with the 
President and stood with the smoke-and-mirrors campaign to distort what 
the SCHIP legislation was. But this is not the end; it is only the 
beginning of the effort of this Congress to stand with American 
families to protect health care for our children.
  Democrats in this body, along with 68 Members of the Senate and 43 of 
our Nation's Governors and over 80 percent of the American public want 
this piece of legislation to move. We are committed to ensuring that 
States have the resources and flexibility necessary to enroll these 
children.
  Mr. Speaker, the American people, Governors and many Members of 
Congress, both Democrat and Republican,

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were disappointed that more of our colleagues on the Republican side of 
the aisle didn't vote to override the veto. However, we will give them 
the opportunity soon and often to change that vote, stand with 
America's children, and reject the President's veto.

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