[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 15]
[House]
[Pages 20543-20544]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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   INTRODUCTION OF THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND MEDICARE PROTECTION ACT

  (Ms. WATSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. WATSON. Mr. Speaker, as you just heard, this week House Democrats 
unveiled the Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act, a bill that 
reauthorizes SCHIP, ensures millions of children receive the care they 
need, and protects Medicare for America's seniors.
  The introduction of the CHAMP program comes days after the National 
Governors Association, made up of both Democrats and Republicans, 
called for urgent action to reauthorize the SCHIP program. 
Unfortunately, while strengthening SCHIP has broad bipartisan support 
from our Nation's Governors and in the U.S. Senate, the Bush 
administration and some congressional Republicans oppose efforts to 
strengthen the program so it does not continuously run out of money. 
Instead, they are proposing to underfund

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the program significantly, which would cause millions of children to 
lose coverage.
  Mr. Speaker, insuring America's children is an affordable goal. It 
costs less than $3.50 a day to cover a child through SCHIP.

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