[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 20]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 27553-27554]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       PRESIDENT'S VETO ON S-CHIP

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                             HON. JOE BACA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 17, 2007

  Mr. BACA. Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the SCHIP 
program. President Bush's veto on SCHIP has abandoned at

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least 24,000 children in my District alone. President Bush claims we 
want ``gimmicks'' and ``funding schemes''--we don't want gimmicks we 
want insurance for 8.7 million uninsured children. Children like 
Kristofer and Felecity Famutimi from San Bernardino County, whose 
hospital care for sickle cell anemia crippled the family financially. 
Their mom, Ola had to quit her job to take care of them. SCHIP is the 
only reason they have pulled through.
  President Bush claims that Democrats are ``putting health coverage 
for poor children at risk--to gain political points''. I am not voting 
for politics, I am voting for the 33,000 children in my District who 
are currently uninsured. Covering 800,000 children costs the same as 1 
week of the war in Iraq. It is time America gets her priorities in 
order. I urge my colleagues to secure the futures of our Nations' 
poorest children by voting to override the President's veto.

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