[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 19787-19788]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  TRI-CAUCUS HEALTH DISPARITIES SUMMIT

  (Ms. SOLIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to discuss the Fifth Annual 
Congressional Tri-Caucus Minority Health Summit which will be held this 
weekend in San Diego.
  Hosted by the Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County, the 
event is an opportunity for Members of Congress to learn from health 
experts, grass roots advocates and innovative solutions and address 
health disparities in communities of color.
  I'm proud that 11 Members from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, the 
Black Caucus and Asian Caucus will join me and health advocates in San 
Diego. We're prepared to discuss issues such as expanding the SCHIP 
program, HIV and AIDS, homelessness, foster care, border health and 
veterans care, along with that discussing chronic illnesses that face 
many communities of

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color that are low income and disadvantaged
  That's why my Tri-Caucus colleagues and I recently introduced H.R. 
3014, the Health Equity and Accountability Act, a comprehensive 
bipartisan legislation which addresses health care disparities.
  As Chair of the Hispanic Caucus Task Force on Health and the 
Environment, I look forward to this event and bringing a new direction 
to this Congress.

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