Political Quotes

“I thank the distinguished chairman of the Appropriations Committee from New Jersey for his great work on this and so many other issues. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support the continuing resolution and especially to highlight a very important short-term provision in here that provides certainty for children, families, and States that rely on the Children's Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP. This adjustment, which was introduced by Mr. Costello from Pennsylvania and Mr. Emmer from Minnesota, will provide the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services with greater flexibility over existing dollars so that the agencies can ensure that CHIP programs across the country, including now in my home State of Oregon, can continue to have vital Federal funding that they need this month to continue CHIP. This emergency funding will help families and States while Congress finishes the job of providing funding for children's health insurance, public health priorities, our community health centers, Medicare extenders that seniors rely on. All that work needs to get done. It is important to note, we did not arrive at this place of needing a stopgap funding resolution because this House failed to act. We acted. We did our part. We did our part. I am disappointed that the House has passed CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS Act, which passed this Chamber a couple months ago with bipartisan support, has yet to be hammered out in the Senate.…”