John Sarbanes: “once again, we have a vivid, vivid example of this President's misplaced priorities. Earlier this month, the President…”

“once again, we have a vivid, vivid example of this President's misplaced priorities. Earlier this month, the President vetoed the Children's Health Insurance Program, which would have extended private health insurance coverage to 10 million children in this country at a reasonable investment of $35 billion over a 5-year period. It costs too much, the President said. We can't afford it. Yet, last week the President requested additional funding for this misadventure in Iraq to the tune of $189 billion. We can't find money for children and health care in this country, but we can find, apparently, endless supplies of dollars to fund the war in Iraq. Madam Speaker, this President on this issue and on many other issues is gravely out of touch with the American people.”