Political Quotes

“Last November, more than 2 months ago, this House passed the reauthorization for the Children's Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP. The House again passed the reauthorization for CHIP this week, but last night, in addition to voting ``no'' on CHIP, Chuck Schumer and the Senate Democrats voted ``no'' on keeping the government funded, and here we are. The funding that Senate Democrats rejected last night includes funding for our Nation's servicemembers, tens of thousands of whom are deployed throughout the Middle East, the Pacific, and Korea. They could have voted ``yes'' to the families waiting for the Children's Health Insurance Program and ``yes'' to our troops, but they did not. There is no excuse for this. The issues of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and securing our border are being negotiated separate and apart from this funding bill and CHIP, and there are serious proposals to address these issues. Mr. Speaker, I urge Senate Democrats to change course, end the Schumer shutdown, and do what is right for the American people: pass the government funding and Children's Health Insurance Program that we sent over days ago. ____________________”