Speech #1100111833

I thank my dear friend for yielding. Madam Speaker. why would someone not vote for health insurance for 10 million American children? There is the excuse that the bill covers illegal aliens. Read section 605 of the bill. it doesnt. There is the excuse that it covers adults. not children. Read section 112 of the bill. which is called termination of coverage of nonpregnant childless adults. There is the excuse that it covers a lot of wealthy kids. but there is the fact that 91.3 percent of the children covered come from families that make less than $40.000 a year. and the rest live in States that are very. very expensive to live in. like mine in New Jersey.