Jay Rockefeller: “Your comments are helpful because I think Members are concerned that accepting this CHIP shortfalls proposal means they…”

“Your comments are helpful because I think Members are concerned that accepting this CHIP shortfalls proposal means they will be giving tacit approval to other provisions in the bill that they don't really support--such as decreasing the CHIP allotment from 3 years to 22 years, or putting restrictions on how States can use the redistributed money, for example. But what I hear both of you saying, I think, is that the CHIP provisions in this package are causing a little bit of pain for everyone, but that the benefits of getting something done now far outweigh the downsides and that nothing in this CHIP package binds us as we move to reauthorize the program next year.”