Ron Wyden actually said...

"It happened because two very strong-willed United States Senators, the late Senator Kennedy and the chairman of this committee, acknowledged that they had plenty of differences on plenty of issues, bu..."

"I mean, obviously, we are going to have to have discussions back and forth on that, but that is my objective. That is our objective here."

"Without congressional action to extend CHIP beyond September 30th, states will soon exhaust their CHIP funds."

"There is no conceivable, possible way that the State of Maryland can fill the gap under the CHIP program if it is not reauthorized in a timely way."