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Joe Barton: “I appreciate the gentleman that just spoke, but let's be factually accurate. There are over 600,000 adults under current…”

On the recordDecember 12, 2007
I appreciate the gentleman that just spoke, but let's be factually accurate. There are over 600,000 adults under current law on SCHIP right now. They're not all pregnant women. Now, some of them may be, but not all 600,000, and nothing in this bill moves any adult off of SCHIP. Nothing.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Discussing the SCHIP program during a House floor debate.

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