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from Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
For Immediate Release
Contact: Russ Levsen, 202-226-4449
HERSETH
SANDLIN STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT’S VETO OF CHILDREN’S HEALTH INSURANCE
BILL
President
Misses ‘Golden Opportunity’ to Sign Bipartisan, Common Sense Bill
October
3, 2007, Washington, D.C. –
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin released the following statement today
following the president’s veto of the State Children’s Health Insurance
Program (SCHIP) reauthorization, passed by Congress last month:
“I’m extremely disappointed
that President Bush has vetoed this bipartisan legislation that would
have ensured health care coverage for more low-income, uninsured children
in South Dakota and across the nation. He has rejected a golden opportunity
to sign into law a common sense bill, which is supported by strong majorities
in the House and Senate, 43 governors, and families across the country.
While estimates
vary, in South Dakota alone the funding provided through this bill could
have provided health insurance for more than 8,000 children who would
otherwise be uninsured.”
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Congresswoman
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin serves South Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives.
She is a member of the Blue Dog Coalition, a group of moderate Democrats
committed to fiscal discipline and strong national security, and is
co-chair of the Rural Working Group, which is dedicated to raising the
profile of issues important to rural America. She also serves on three
committees vital to South Dakota’s interests: Agriculture, Veterans’
Affairs and Natural Resources. In the 110th Congress, Rep. Herseth Sandlin
was one of only 15 members appointed to serve on the Select Committee
on Energy Independence and Global Warming.
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