However, there was sufficient money in reserves for the States to
continue to run the programs. Those States are starting to run out of
money, including States like mine, North Carolina. Now we have an
opportunity to reauthorize for years, to provide certainty to this
child population for years, and we are going to hold it hostage because
we have an honest disagreement over things I think we can work out with
the DACA Program. We have seen what people have said in the past. In fact, one of these
Senators actually had a countdown on how many days we failed to
reauthorize DACA. It may very well be that when we take the vote
tonight, that very same Senator will vote against a multiyear
reauthorization for the CHIP program. That doesn't make sense. It is
irrational. It doesn't solve anything. It creates a bigger problem when
it comes to the funding discussion and when it ultimately comes to a
reasonable outcome for the DACA population. Finally, we can talk about the words of the Democratic leader. Again,
it is amazing to me how things have changed.