| House Approves Bill that Provides Health Care Coverage for 10 Million Children
Legislation Expected to Move Through Senate and to the President This Week
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
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WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn today released the following statement regarding passage of HR 976, legislation that extends the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
“Today the Democratic-led Congress took a monumental step forward in providing accessible health care coverage to 10 million low-income children. This bipartisan legislation safeguards the health of our nation’s most vulnerable youth.
“Currently 6.6 million children are covered under CHIP. The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that an additional 3.8 million children would be covered under the legislation, 2.4 million of those would be minority children. About 1.4 million would be Hispanic children, about 800,000 would be African American children and about 130,000 would be Asian American children.
“I implore President Bush to end his veto threat of the CHIP bill and to join hundreds of Democratic and Republican Members of Congress, 43 Governors and 270 advocacy groups in supporting legislation that will better the lives and improve the standards of living for millions of well-deserving children.” |
