Jay Rockefeller: “the problem of writing legislation, and trying to make it on a bipartisan basis and getting it past the Senate”

Without congressional action, I say again, CHIP will run out of funding next fall, placing at risk the well-being of hundreds of thousands of children and pregnant women.

Thank you very much.

I come today with a spirit of reflection and optimism about our future. I am also compelled towards an honest assessment of where we are as a body--of the promise of what we can achieve when we don't shy away from compromise and what we…

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