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Jared Polis: “SCHIP currently provides for coverage of 7 million children. This bill before us today would also allow for extending…”

On the recordFebruary 4, 2009
SCHIP currently provides for coverage of 7 million children. This bill before us today would also allow for extending the coverage to 4.1 million uninsured children, every single one of them who is currently eligible for but not enrolled in SCHIP and Medicaid. Polls have shown that more than 8 percent of the American people support this bipartisan legislation, including large majorities of both major political parties. This is not only popular, Madam Speaker; this is the right thing to do for American families. I urge a ``yes'' vote on the previous question and on the rule.
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Jared Polis
Democratic · Colorado
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Discussing the expansion of SCHIP coverage for uninsured children.

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