[StBernard] Governor Blanco issues statement after President Bush vetoes SCHIP reauthorization

[Westley Annis]

Governor Blanco issues statement after President Bush vetoes SCHIP reauthorization



BATON ROUGE - Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco issued the following statement today after President Bush vetoed legislation to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP):

"I am extremely disappointed President Bush has decided to turn his back on the children of Louisiana and our country. Health insurance is fast becoming a luxury when it should be a basic right. In Louisiana alone, some 100,000 children depend on our SCHIP program, LaCHIP, for critical access to the health care they need. I thank the Members of our Louisiana Delegation who supported this bill, and I urge those who did not to join their fellow Members of Congress and override this veto to provide for the health and well-being of our children." 


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