[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 18 (Wednesday, February 6, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E111]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL GME SUPPORT REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2013

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                               speech of

                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, February 4, 2013

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, the Children's Hospital Graduate Medical 
Education program was first created in 1999, because there were not 
nearly enough pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists to serve the 
children of our country. The program has been overwhelmingly 
successful, increasing the number of pediatricians by 35 percent. 
Today, CHGME provides funding to train more than 40 percent of 
pediatricians in the U.S. However, at current funding levels, we still 
don't have enough providers to treat the unique needs of children in 
our country.
  I cannot emphasize enough how critical this funding is to stand-alone 
children's hospitals, such as Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in my 
Congressional District. We have a responsibility to help train the next 
generation of pediatricians who will care for our children through the 
earliest, and often the most critical time of their lives. Under the 
Affordable Care Act, all Americans will have access to healthcare, but 
we have to ensure we have an adequate medical workforce to care for 
them.
  I look forward to the passage of CHGME reauthorization in the House, 
and I will continue to work with my colleagues in the Senate to see 
that we move forward with a bill that can swiftly pass both bodies and 
be sent to the President for his signature.

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