Jay Rockefeller: “I hope that today's hearing will lead to swift action on this important legislation.”

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

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

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…

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.