Jay Rockefeller: “I adjourn this hearing.”

We urge Congress to, first and foremost, adopt a 4-year extension of CHIP funding through 2019.

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.

Furthermore, if we are going to potentially burden our government agencies with increased costs that will be associated with complying with the bill, then I think Congress should also provide these agencies with sufficient funding to deal…