07/29/2013
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"I hope at some point you are able to consider the recommendation of MACPAC and other organizations of reauthorizing and funding the program for at least 5 years."
"It is vital that the Congress springs into action in the days ahead to reauthorize CHIP's funding."
"The Congress created CHIP with one goal in mind: that was to make sure that no American child falls through the cracks of our health-care system."
"The last thing that single mom needs is a government letter stamped 'notice of termination' explaining that her sick kids are on their own because CHIP funding has run out."