[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 22438]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 3162

  (Mr. SIRES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. SIRES. Mr. Speaker, I rise proudly this morning to tell this 
Nation and the children of the State of New Jersey that this House has 
heard their call for help.
  Yesterday's passage of H.R. 3162, the Children's Health and Medicare 
Protection Act of 2007, was a significant achievement for the children 
of working Americans throughout this country. In New Jersey alone, this 
legislation will maintain coverage for over 120,000 children currently 
enrolled in New Jersey's FamilyCare program, while also helping the 
State provide care for the 136,000 children currently eligible for the 
program but not enrolled in it. The New Jersey FamilyCare program would 
also be allowed to extend coverage to 126,000 young men and women who 
are aging out of the program but still need access to health care.
  I am especially glad that the CHAMP Act will also help 80,000 of the 
lowest income and most wonderful adults in my State keep their coverage 
through this program.
  Mr. Speaker, the SCHIP program that we passed yesterday has the 
potential to have a significant impact on improving children's health 
care across this Nation.

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