[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 6021]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              PEACHCARE IV

  (Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Madam Speaker, today I rise for the third 
time this week to speak about Georgia's PeachCare crisis.
  This Sunday, in just 2 days, PeachCare closes its doors to new 
enrollees. And if funding shortages continue, it will close its doors 
to all children next month. The collapse of PeachCare will leave 
hundreds of thousands of hardworking Georgia families unable to provide 
health care for their children.
  This Congress and the State of Georgia cannot let this happen. I call 
on the Governor of Georgia to use available State funds, and there are 
some that are available, to reinstate new enrollment and to sustain 
this imperative program until Federal funding can be increased.
  PeachCare provides health care for our most precious and most 
vulnerable population: our children. It simply must be saved.

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