[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 684]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                 SCHIP

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, today, the House is again going to 
consider the Democrat SCHIP Expansion Act.
  This polarizing expansion of the welfare state was stopped by the 
veto pen last year, and that's where it ought to stay. Once again, the 
bill fails to ensure that all low-income children will be covered; but, 
instead, it is going to increase the number of adults on SCHIP. Once 
again, the bill will grant health care benefits to illegal aliens. The 
bill will force the taxpayer to pay the health care premiums for 
children who already have quality, private health insurance. Even 
though President-elect Obama promised we wouldn't tax anyone making 
less than $250,000 a year, this bill will impose the most regressive 
tax on the poor in history with the tobacco tax increase.
  It is shameful that the Democrats are playing politics with America's 
needy children. I urge all of my colleagues to vote against this bill.

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