[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 27127]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                 SCHIP

  (Mr. KAGEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KAGEN. Madam Speaker, what kind of Nation are we when 47 million 
Americans go to bed every night without adequate health care coverage? 
And what kind of Nation will we become when we turn our backs on those 
who need us the most, our Nation's children, on whose future we all 
depend?
  The SCHIP bill, the State Children's Health Insurance Program, will 
provide access to necessary medical services to 11 million of our 
children who are most in need. We cannot, we shall not, we must not 
turn our backs on our Nation's children.
  I urge my colleagues who have yet to consider voting up or down on 
this measure to think this thing all the way through. Whose side are 
you on? Are you on the side of our children, who need you the most? Or 
are you on the side of special interests? We Democrats are on the side 
of children. Please reconsider what kind of Nation we will be when we 
turn our backs on our children.

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