Our thoughts and prayers go out to those who have been impacted over the past few days by Hurricane Irma.
Twenty years ago, Senator Ted Kennedy and I came together to create the Children's Health Insurance Program, or CHIP.
CHIP, from the outset, was a bipartisan program that enjoyed, and continues to enjoy, broad bipartisan support.
CHIP was needed to help many families make that transition.
While it isn't perfect, and while, in my view, some of the subsequent changes to the program have been regrettable, I be...
Let's do the hard work now, colleagues, and uphold this body's promise to America's kids and their families.
CHIP is a critical part of our country's health-care infrastructure.
We greatly appreciate the joint statement by Chairman Hatch and Ranking Member Wyden, released on the 20th anniversary o...
I ask you to extend funding for CHIP with the enhanced match rate for the next 5 years.
Congress created CHIP with one goal in mind: to make sure no American child falls through the cracks of a health-care sy...
I'm confident that in short order Congress can pass a strong and bipartisan extension of CHIP that will last for many ye...
If Congress doesn't act to provide additional Federal funding, a number of children who would likely be eligible for CHI...
It's important for Congress to take action soon. There's no kicking this can down the road with a short-term bill.
We thank Chairman Hatch and Ranking Member Wyden for working together, in a bipartisan fashion, on legislation to ensure...
CHIP has helped children whose families have incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid, but too low to afford private hea...
CHIP adds a level of security to their health care above and beyond Medicaid.
It will be critical that the Department of Commerce work with Congress.
They are absolutely essential for the positions under review today.
