[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23903]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND MEDICARE PROTECTION ACT

  (Ms. SCHWARTZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SCHWARTZ. As the architect of one of the first children's health 
plans in the country, I have seen firsthand the success of these 
public-private, Federal-State partnerships. I am proud of our work here 
in Congress to make affordable health coverage available to an 
additional 5 million American children, while also protecting the 
health needs of our sense.
  The Democratic Congress understands the health care challenges facing 
our Nation's working families. We heard their need and we responded. We 
passed a plan to expand access to quality, affordable health care for 
our Nation's children, while ensuring that our seniors receive the care 
that they have been promised.
  It is unacceptable that 47 million Americans, including 9 million 
children, do not have access to affordable health coverage. It is 
unacceptable that American seniors are facing limits in access to 
doctors they trust and treatments they need, and it is unacceptable 
that President Bush and his allies in Congress are comfortable with 
that status quo.
  It is time to act, and Congress has. We call on the President to stop 
working against us as we move to ensure health care for America's 
children.

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