Political Quotes

“To respond. Mr. Speaker, my friend, and she is my friend from California, obviously was not aware of the fact that it was her party, her leader, who asked us on three occasions to delay bringing this to the floor, including you could look at the CQ article from October 23 where Mr. Pallone says he hopes it doesn't come to the floor. This was a bipartisan agreement not to bring it until we could try to work these things out. We were all trying to figure out how to get this done. When it comes to Medicare, remember, we are talking about people making $40,000 a month paying $135 a month more. We can fully fund children's health insurance for millions of children. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Washington (Mrs. McMorris Rodgers), the conference chairwoman. Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS. Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman for his tremendous leadership on the reauthorization of CHIP, including many vital public health programs. CHIP provides healthcare coverage for some 9 million children--more than a million in Washington State. We all need to remember how important this program is for the health of some of the most vulnerable. Some States, like mine, are expecting to run out of CHIP funding soon. It is crucial that we move forward now. This bill also reauthorizes the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program, providing funding for 2 years, with a robust increase.…”