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Providing For Consideration Of H.R. 2, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act Of 2009

Floor Speech

Date: Jan. 14, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health and Health Care

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2, CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2009 -- (House of Representatives - January 14, 2009)

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Mr. DOGGETT. What progress, when this Congress and our new President accord such a high priority to the health of our children. A healthy body, like an educated mind, is an opportunity that all children should share--an opportunity denied to over 1 million Texas children because of the failures of Governor Bush and culminating in the ignominious vetoes of President Bush.

Good health care also means prevention, preventing the scourge of tobacco-related diseases. By hiking tobacco taxes today, we will reduce childhood nicotine addiction tomorrow. And this bill takes modest steps to reduce tobacco smuggling, while adding a new provision that I authored directing the Treasury Department to move forward promptly on more effective ways to reduce this serious public health and law enforcement problem.

It is ironic that today, once again, the Republican leadership has one complaint: That we Democrats move too fast, to do too much, for too many young children across our country when it comes to health care. We plead guilty. And we will keep pushing to give these children the care they deserve.

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