Jay Rockefeller: “We need to have national goals in drawing those plans up, and we have to have very clear objectives.”

Having health insurance is a fabulous thing. So is having an education.

one of the things that happened with the CBO scoring was that yes, there was a cost because you were keeping CHIP operating, but there was a savings because the children were not transferring into the Affordable Care Act, for example.

We simply cannot afford to take this major step backwards and jeopardize the future of generations by allowing CHIP to expire.

Thank you very much.