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More than eight million children receive chipfunded coverage and more than 25 million patients are served by our Community Health centers and other important programs. This fiveyear funding of chip marks one of the longest extensions of the Program Since it was created 20 years ago. The policy we are considering mirrors the bipartisan policy thats been introduced and voted out of our Sister Committee in the United States senate. Funding for these important programs expired september 30. The committee worked on a bipartisan basis well before this deadline, to try and reach a bipartisan agreemen...

It now goes to the senate. Here is the floor debate leading to the final vote. Nt Public Health bill. H. R. 3922, the championing healthy kids act. This legislation funds a fiveyear extension of the Childrens Health Insurance Program known as chip. Along with a twoyear extension of Community Health centers and numerous other critically important Public Health programs. This bill will deliver Quality Health care and peace of mind to millions of americans. The patients and families helped by this legislation are our neighbors and our friends. More than eight million children receive chipfunded c...

Act completely . Does notises it but repeal it. Congress is using a budget technique to try to get the bill through. It is called budget reconciliation. It cannot be filibustered in the senate and only needs 50 votes. That is the good side if you want to pass the legislation. The difficult side is that there are a lot of things you cannot do in budget reconciliation. Everything in it has to be directly attributable to the federal budget. It has to add or subtract from the federal budget. There are many things they cannot do in this bill and they are not doing it which was initially are to the ...

Act completely . Does notises it but repeal it. Congress is using a budget technique to try to get the bill through. It is called budget reconciliation. It cannot be filibustered in the senate and only needs 50 votes. That is the good side if you want to pass the legislation. The difficult side is that there are a lot of things you cannot do in budget reconciliation. Everything in it has to be directly attributable to the federal budget. It has to add or subtract from the federal budget. There are many things they cannot do in this bill and they are not doing it which was initially are to the ...

Act completely . Does notises it but repeal it. Congress is using a budget technique to try to get the bill through. It is called budget reconciliation. It cannot be filibustered in the senate and only needs 50 votes. That is the good side if you want to pass the legislation. The difficult side is that there are a lot of things you cannot do in budget reconciliation. Everything in it has to be directly attributable to the federal budget. It has to add or subtract from the federal budget. There are many things they cannot do in this bill and they are not doing it which was initially are to the ...