Tim Walz: “Tomorrow we have an opportunity to take an important and historic vote, the veto override on SCHIP. It is a piece of…”

“Tomorrow we have an opportunity to take an important and historic vote, the veto override on SCHIP. It is a piece of legislation that many of us believe, as you just heard our colleague from Hawaii so clearly illustrate, is critically important to the health of our Nation's children. We came here 9 months ago from the classroom, from the courtroom, from the board room, and from the operating room. And we are here tonight with a single purpose, to talk about the importance of this piece of legislation to clearly illustrate when this body makes a choice like we will make tomorrow, and the President talks about it being a budgetary issue, he is partially right. Budgets are financial documents, but they are also much more. They are a reflection of the values that we as a Nation share. Tomorrow we will have the opportunity to show as a people that we value our children. We value their health. We value our future. The greatest asset we have is these children.”