HAPPENING NOW: Chairman @SenOrrinHatch urges Democrats not to hold #CHIP hostage. Watch: https://www.c-span.org/networks/?channel=c-span-2 …
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Hatch: Approximately nine million children depend on
#CHIP and, after several months of uncertainty, deserve the peace of mind that comes with a long-term CHIP extension.Show this thread
Hatch: I have been working with my Democratic counterparts on a #CHIP extension bill for months. Sen. Wyden & I introduced our initial bill in the fall, which would have reauthorized CHIP for five years, and it was promptly reported out of the committee with overwhelming support.
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Hatch: Democrats decided to pretend that bill never existed. As we worked through a crowded end of the year calendar, my colleagues were well aware that efforts to reauthorize
#CHIP were ongoing. Yet, many of our colleagues accused Republicans of neglecting vulnerable children.Show this thread -
Hatch: So, where are our colleagues today? Where are Senate Democrats – both on and off the Finance Committee – who have been on their own righteous crusades with regard to
#CHIP? Are they prepared to vote for it today? Apparently not.Show this thread -
Hatch: The question is: Why are Democrats willing to filibuster this continuing resolution and shut down the government? There’s really nothing wrong with the substance of the bill.
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Hatch: Democrats are holding everything hostage so they can stage another righteous fight here on the floor and in TV interviews.
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Hatch: If Democrats filibuster this legislation, they will be filibustering extending funding for
#CHIP.Show this thread -
Hatch: Today, the priority should be to keep the government open and to ensure funding for
#CHIP into the future.Show this thread
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