Speech #1100108372

In vetoing our SCHIP bill. the President has invoked a bad policy based on bad information. The President should know we target lowincome children below 200 percent of poverty. The President should know we focus SCHIP on children. and phase out parents and childless adults that were allowed by his administration. The President should know the bill covers 4 million children who are eligible for SCHIP but not enrolled. The President should know this does not cover undocumented children. Under the Presidents proposal. 6 million of our children eligible for SCHIP would remain without health insurance. And. an additional 700.000 children currently in the program would join them in the ranks of the uninsured.