[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 23, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H392]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          URGING SUPPORT IN OVERRIDING PRESIDENT'S SCHIP VETO

  (Mr. SESTAK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. SESTAK. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the Children's Health 
Insurance Program, and hope that we would override the President's veto 
today. This will cover 3.4 million uninsured children. The number is 
almost too large to comprehend.
  I had the opportunity to live in an oncology ward several years ago 
with my young daughter. There was a young boy, 2\1/2\ years old, with 
acute leukemia, who had to listen, or, rather, his parents were 
listening, as social workers came and went to see if he could 
potentially be covered, because they did not have health insurance, 
covered to receive the care my daughter was receiving.
  As we enter what is possibly a recession, I see that number growing. 
This is something not morally right for these children. It is also a 
necessity for our economic betterment, to have healthy, productive 
individuals. I urge my colleagues all to vote to override the 
President's veto, for this Nation and for our children.

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