|
"Today, members of Congress missed an important opportunity to make
sure children have access to the health care they need, when it
failed to override President Bush's veto of the SCHIP bill.
In Illinois, we became
the first state to make sure that all kids have access to health
care their parents can afford. And while we've taken the lead at
the state level to implement a program that meets the needs of
Illinois' families, the federal government has an obligation to
these same families. The SCHIP bill would have helped meet this
obligation by providing substantial new dollars to states to expand
health care coverage to more low-income children. "A majority of
Illinois' House members voted to override the president's veto of
the SCHIP bill, and I thank them wholeheartedly for deciding to put
children first. In Illinois alone, SCHIP has helped to provide
health care for more than 316,000 children. Despite today's vote, I
will continue to urge the president and Congress to put children
first and support SCHIP."
[Text from file received from
the
Illinois Office of
Communication and Information]
 |
 |
