Carol Shea-Porter: “I listened to a colleague on the opposite side of the aisle say, ``Why are we here?'' and I realized they don't really…”

“I listened to a colleague on the opposite side of the aisle say, ``Why are we here?'' and I realized they don't really know why we're here. We're here for the children. And then they said, ``You've been back eight or nine times.'' That's right. And we will be back always and forever until we provide health care for working families in America. We want to protect 10 million children and provide health care insurance. They want to protect 6 million. It's as simple as that. What happens to the other 4 million? And in New Hampshire, we would have enrolled 8,000 more children. What happens to the children in New Hampshire and the children of America? Parents will not lie awake at night wondering do they now raid the rent budget or the food budget. Is the child sick enough now to go to the hospital because they don't have health care insurance? Who wanted families in America to make this choice? Not the majority of the House, not the majority of the Senate, not the majority of the Governors, not even the health care industry. But the President vetoed this essential bill, and I'm asking my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join us in an override so that the children of America get health care.”