Pete Stark: “Madam Speaker, I stand with the 81 percent of Americans who support this bipartisan compromise bill that gives health…”

“Madam Speaker, I stand with the 81 percent of Americans who support this bipartisan compromise bill that gives health care to 10 million poor children in this country. It builds upon the strong foundation of SCHIP and covers almost 4 million additional children. You can use whatever words you want to talk about this bill, but here's the truth and here are the real facts: the bill does not cover adults, the bill does not cover people who are here illegally, and it does not cover the wealthy. It is fully paid for. We in Congress should hang our heads in shame if the wealthiest country in the world refuses to provide basic health care to the children of our land. Let us rekindle the bipartisan spirit of the past and join together to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Let us put the working families of this country first. Let us override this veto.”