[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 171 (Tuesday, November 6, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H12744]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        ON SCHIP GOP DOES NOT SHARE DEMOCRATS' LEGISLATIVE GOALS

  (Ms. RICHARDSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. RICHARDSON. Madam Speaker, House Democrats and some of our 
Republican friends continue to fight for a much-needed health care 
system that we need for our children. Unfortunately, though, the 
President and too many Republicans in this body still refuse to support 
a plan that has already received tremendous bipartisan support in the 
Senate and from the public.
  Last month, after meeting with Republican Members and our Democratic 
leadership, once again we brought forward a bill that would cover 10 
million children, 10 million American children who live in this country 
who deserve to be covered.
  But Republicans, my colleagues, have avoided taking this vote. We 
need to make sure that our children are covered. Instead, they proposed 
a program that would provide health care for 1.7 million fewer children 
in America.
  Madam Speaker, 81 percent of Americans support a bipartisan effort to 
provide health care for 10 million children. I hope our Republican 
colleagues will join us.

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