Mr. Chairman. as the chairman of the Congressional Border Caucus. I understand that the reauthorization bill has a tremendous impact on communities along the United StatesMexico border in that it provides funding for community and migrant health centers. While the overall national problem of poverty and health care for the indigent is pervasive. the multiplicity of factors afflicting the border region intensifies the problems of providing health care access and health care delivery. The situation in border communities is further exacerbated by the unresolved Federal problem of immigration. The health center programs represent what little Federal contribution there is toward addressing the health care crisis along the United StatesMexico border. I would like to ask the gentleman from California if any consideration was given to the potentially negative impact on border communities and other areas of extreme poverty around the country if this legislation was not reauthorized?
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