Speech #1100107516

It has emphasis on lowincome kids. It was not brought up in the previous speech. but in my conversations with the House of Representatives. I have had this other smokescreen thrown at me: Our bill allows illegal immigrants to get on the program. For the first time. we are doing in SCHIP what has never been done before. what we have done for Medicaid in the Deficit Reduction Act. We are making it so that illegal immigrants cannot get on the SCHIP program. People are paid to read legislation. and I dont know how the President of the United States. who gets paid a heck of a lot more than I do and has a lot of advisers who get paid a heck of a lot more than I doI dont know how they can have him put in a speech that this bill allows people over $83.000 to get into the program. or there can be speeches in the Chamber of the other body saying we are opening the door for illegal immigrants to be covered by this program when we are doing more than existing law does in that area and where existing law already allows. if the President approves it. And then this business of adults being in the programabsolutely right. three States have more adults on the program than other States. How did that happen?