Well, I just want to say, and Mr. Pallone may be surprised to hear me say this, but there are some government programs that are doing pretty well, and I think in this one, CHIP has got some value, I know in Pennsylvania has a strong demonstrated value, and rather than cut something that is working, we should find a way of learning lessons of value from this and not making families go without insurance.
Murphy advocates for the value of the CHIP program and opposes cuts to it.
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