09/14/2011
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"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."
"By funding the program through 2019, we would provide states with more time to plan for the future."
"We kind of heard during this subcommittee, during the passage of the Affordable Care Act, that once we were able to be in the elision fields of the ACA, programs like SCHIP wouldn't be necessary any l..."
"It is probably one of the most important that we will take up over the next year."