Jay Rockefeller: “I just want to put myself down as somebody who is very concerned and is determined to make a difference in this…”

This, I have to say without sentiment, will be the last Health Subcommittee hearing that I chair.

Children and pediatricians owe tremendous thanks to you, Chairman Rockefeller, to Senator Hatch, Senator Wyden, Senator Roberts, and the other Senators who are here and have been here today, for your bipartisan leadership and working to…

If funding is not continued for CHIP, it is going to be a nightmare.

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.