For Immediate Release
January 23, 2008 |
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Levin Statement on Overriding President Bush’s Veto of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act |
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(Washington D.C.)- U.S. Rep. Sander Levin (D-Royal Oak) made the following floor statement on overriding President Bush’s veto of H.R. 3963, the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act:
Madam Speaker:
The question of whether the federal government is finally going to do more to provide health coverage to children who need it is not going to go away. This is not an issue of partisan politics. It’s not a complicated issue either. It’s simply a matter or doing what’s right.
I believe that no American child should be without access to decent health care. This is especially true given the worsening economic conditions that are battering Michigan and every other state. Rising unemployment results in more American families losing their health insurance. Not only do workers find that health coverage is increasingly beyond their reach, the problem extends to children.
A new study by the Joint Economic Committee underscores the fact that between 700,000 and 1.1 million additional children will enroll in Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Programs each year due to slowing employment growth. The projections show that more than 35,000 additional children in Michigan alone will need help. But State budgets have been hard hit by the economic downturn. They don’t have the resources to provide health care coverage to millions of kids that already need it, let alone all the new children who will need help due to the economic downturn.
That’s why it’s vital that Congress vote to override the President’s veto of the Children’s Health Insurance Program bill. By doing so, we can extend health care coverage to nearly four million children who are currently uninsured. Let’s not let America’s children become casualties of the economic downturn. Vote to override the President’s veto.
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To Contact Congressman Levin: -
Email Congressman Levin In Michigan: 27085 Gratiot Ave, Roseville, MI 48066 | (586) 498-7122 | (248) 968-2025
In Washington: 1236 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515 | (202) 225-4961
