John Kerry: “Senator Snowe and I have joined together, as the chair and ranking member of the Small Business Committee, to put…”

“Senator Snowe and I have joined together, as the chair and ranking member of the Small Business Committee, to put together a task force effort between the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of the Treasury, and the Small Business Administrator to coordinate and assist in trying to effectively reach out to small businesses to help them be aware of how they can take advantage of the Children's Health Insurance Program. This has been cleared on both sides. It doesn't cost any additional funds whatsoever. It simply is an effort to try to coordinate and implement this as effectively as possible. I ask for its adoption.”