04/28/2016
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"I don't think any would argue that CHIP should not be extended, so let's just get it done."
"I will see this patient because I like you and you are a friend. I am not going to submit anything for payment because it is just not worth my--I will pay more in having my office submit this for paym..."
"CHIP was created, it is true, in a Republican-controlled Congress in 1997 as a joint federal-state undertaking."
"I would urge my colleagues to consider an extension during the lame duck to ensure predictability to the many states that have come to rely and appreciate the CHIP program."