That is stunning. It has not been reauthorized, CHIP. It is still out there, floating.

Having health insurance is a fabulous thing. So is having an education.

CHIP is a game changer for millions of children.

I am here to ask you to extend CHIP funding beyond fiscal year 2015.

Thank you very much.

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.

outreach to the community.

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

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

one of the things that happened with the CBO scoring was that yes, there was a cost because you were keeping CHIP operating, but there was a savings because the children were not transferring into the Affordable Care Act, for example.

If we keep the Senate, if we do not keep the Senate, that will have its affect.

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

Just as a follow-up to the question of funding which was addressed, CBO actually has come out with an estimate on what all of this would cost. It is not $20 billion; it is in the area of zero up to $10 billion over that period of 4 years.

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

I am interested in the children who still have to be reached out to, in the Alabamas and West Virginias and Pennsylvanias and Ohios, et cetera.

It is a really popular program.

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…

We are talking about dealing with everything from continuing resolutions, all of the appropriations, what are we going to do about ISIS, and all the rest of it, in a lame duck session forum.

The bill introduced by Senators Rockefeller and Thune will help change that.

Once in a while things can go terribly wrong.

Instead of fighting this process, I encourage you to listen carefully to the testimony today.

I want to thank you both, my friend and colleague Senator Blumenthal, and the other members of the Senate Commerce Committee for turning their attention today to the important issue of improving protections for cruise passengers.

I am a cruise ship rape victim. I have an experience to tell you about.

This process of asking tough questions is in fact called 'oversight.' It's one of the most important jobs Congressional committees have, maybe the most important.

They pay virtually no taxes in the United States, even though they're based in Miami and a couple of other places.