[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 14, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H202]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                MONEY SPENT ON SCHIP IS MONEY WELL SPENT

  (Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut. Madam Speaker, today the House will debate 
and pass legislation to extend health care to 4 million more American 
children.
  In the richest country in the world, it simply defies our national 
conscience to allow any child to go to sleep in his bed at night sick 
just because his parents can't afford to bring him to a doctor. These 
kids don't deserve this fate and frankly, neither do their parents 
because three-fourths of the uninsured come from families with a full-
time worker who just happens to work for a company that doesn't or 
can't provide health care.
  The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act will give 
States the confidence they need to improve their health care systems 
and increase outreach to ensure that all eligible kids have coverage.
  This is money well spent. Insuring kids is the right thing to do from 
both a moral and financial standpoint. It is time for the House to do 
what it's done twice before and pass legislation that will get 4 
million more kids the health care they deserve.

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