Jay Rockefeller: “Action is needed, but not through a heavy-handed Federal mandate.”

If confirmed, I pledge to consider all relevant facts and public comments in the docket.

This is a good bill. It has helped. It has done even what the Affordable Care Act has not been able to do.

Creating this program has been one of the most meaningful things I have done in my career in public service.

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