[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 27808]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         SCHIP--POOR KIDS FIRST

  (Mr. PRICE of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, today I call on the Speaker to 
open up a positive dialogue with Republicans to find SCHIP solutions 
that put poor kids first. House Democrats have wrapped their expansion 
of bureaucratic Washington-run health care in so much deception and 
political theater that they have lost focus of what SCHIP is really all 
about, helping underprivileged kids. But as a recent Gallup poll has 
shown, American people now see through this insincere ploy and support 
keeping SCHIP rightfully focused on poor children.
  It is unacceptable for the majority to continue exploiting the 
neediest of children in pursuit of an ideological agenda controlling 
health care decisions. This charade has gone on long enough, and the 
American people want solutions, not these political games. If Democrat 
leaders truly want to help needy children, now is the time to support a 
plan that reflects the original bipartisan intent of the program and 
the views of the American people. A positive solution will put poor 
kids first and promote the purchase of personal health care for all 
Americans. H.R. 3888 is such a bill.

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