[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 28190]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        PROVIDING HEALTH CARE FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICAN CHILDREN

  (Mr. WALZ of Minnesota asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. WALZ of Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, last week 10 million children 
were denied health insurance because some of my colleagues on the 
Republican side of the aisle chose to stand with President Bush over 
the children.
  It is disappointing that some of our colleagues stood with the 
President and stood with the smoke-and-mirrors campaign to distort what 
the SCHIP legislation was. But this is not the end; it is only the 
beginning of the effort of this Congress to stand with American 
families to protect health care for our children.
  Democrats in this body, along with 68 Members of the Senate and 43 of 
our Nation's Governors and over 80 percent of the American public want 
this piece of legislation to move. We are committed to ensuring that 
States have the resources and flexibility necessary to enroll these 
children.
  Mr. Speaker, the American people, Governors and many Members of 
Congress, both Democrat and Republican, were disappointed that more of 
our colleagues on the Republican side of the aisle didn't vote to 
override the veto. However, we will give them the opportunity soon and 
often to change that vote, stand with America's children, and reject 
the President's veto.

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