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Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009

Date: Jan. 14, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health and Health Care


CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2009

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"Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 2, the reauthorization of SCHIP.

When our Nation faces tough economic times, we must look beyond the grim statistics to see the true cost of our struggles. Seven percent of this Nation is unemployed, which leaves too many families without health insurance. 170,000 children in Colorado alone have no health coverage. That's more than one in eight.

How we as a Nation approach health care for our children speaks not just to our economic priorities but to our moral priorities.

Colorado ranks seventh worst nationally in the rate of uninsured children. As the mother of three kids who knows the worry and heartache that comes with caring late into the night for a sick child, that is one statistic I hope I have a hand in changing.

I as all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to pledge their support for our children and vote for this bill. "

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