[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 166 (Tuesday, October 30, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H12159]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               URGING PRESIDENT TO SIGN SCHIP LEGISLATION

  (Ms. TSONGAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. TSONGAS. Madam Speaker, just 2 weeks ago today, tens of thousands 
of residents from the Fifth Congressional District of Massachusetts 
supported my candidacy because they wanted to make sure that all our 
children have health insurance. Two days later, I began my service to 
the Fifth District by proudly voting to override President Bush's veto 
of a children's health care bill that had overwhelming bipartisan 
support.
  Unfortunately, the veto was upheld, but the fact remains that 
millions of children that need health care don't have it.
  Last Thursday, I again voted to expand the Children's Health 
Insurance Program, a program that was first developed in Massachusetts 
and is now critical to the newly enacted Massachusetts health insurance 
plan. Every concern raised by the President has been clearly addressed 
in this bill, but he still threatens to veto it.
  I will stand with the strong bipartisan majority, ready to overturn 
this veto and give 200,000 children in Massachusetts and millions more 
across the country a chance at a healthy, safe future. I urge the 
President to sign the bill.

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