[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21888]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    PROVIDING COST-EFFECTIVE HEALTH INSURANCE FOR UNINSURED CHILDREN

  (Ms. SHEA-PORTER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. SHEA-PORTER. Mr. Speaker, last week, House Democrats unveiled the 
Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act, a bill that reauthorizes 
CHIP, ensures millions of children receive the health benefits they 
need, and protects Medicare for American seniors. The bill comes a week 
after the National Governors' Association, made up of both Democrats 
and Republicans, called for urgent action to reauthorize the CHIP 
program.
  Unfortunately, while strengthening CHIP has broad bipartisan support 
from our Nation's Governors and the U.S. Senate, the Bush 
administration and congressional Republicans oppose efforts to 
strengthen the program so it does not continually run out of money.
  As a professional social worker, I recognize the threat to America's 
children, and I must protest. Instead, they are proposing to underfund 
the program significantly, which would cause millions of children to 
lose coverage, including children in my own State of New Hampshire and 
States across the country.
  Mr. Speaker, ensuring America's children have affordable health care 
costs less than $3.50 a day to cover a child. House Democrats are 
committed to passing this cost-effective health coverage for millions 
of uninsured children.

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