Richards. [applause] , she isu do not know president of the planned Parenthood Federation of america and planned parenthood action fund. In 2011, she led the national fight to save federal funding for planned parenthood. [applause] is the speaker for the colorado house of representatives. [applause] she has represented her in central denver since 2010. She was the majority leader for the 2015 and 2016 terms. Recipient of the rising star award. [applause] next we have [applause] [laughter] really, really exciting. He was on the ground at ferguson, missouri. Aroundbeen at protests the country, protesting police violence. In 2015, he joined other advocates and activists and a remarkable effort in a remarkable effort to end police violence. [applause] as is cofounder and executive producer of the invisible project. Before invisible, he worked as an associate rector for prosperity now. He served as deputy [applause] we are going to do q a differently this time around. No one is going to com
Fiveyear extension of the Childrens Health Insurance Program known as chip. Along with a twoyear extension of Community Health centers and numerous other critically important Public Health programs. This bill will deliver Quality Health care and peace of mind to millions of americans. The patients and families helped by this legislation are our neighbors and our friends. More than eight million children receive chipfunded coverage and more than 25 million patients are served by our Community Health centers and other important programs. This fiveyear funding of chip marks one of the longest extensions of the Program Since it was created 20 years ago. The policy we are considering mirrors the bipartisan policy thats been introduced and voted out of our Sister Committee in the United States senate. Funding for these important programs expired september 30. The committee worked on a bipartisan basis well before this deadline, to try and reach a bipartisan agreement on a range of policies t
More than eight million children receive chipfunded coverage and more than 25 million patients are served by our Community Health centers and other important programs. This fiveyear funding of chip marks one of the longest extensions of the Program Since it was created 20 years ago. The policy we are considering mirrors the bipartisan policy thats been introduced and voted out of our Sister Committee in the United States senate. Funding for these important programs expired september 30. The committee worked on a bipartisan basis well before this deadline, to try and reach a bipartisan agreement on a range of policies to yaufer set the costs of this very critically important funding extension. Three times at the request of the democrats we delayed committee action. Three times. We tried to find offsets that were agreeable as weve always been able to do before. Unfortunately that was not the case this time. These delays meant Congress Went past the deadline of september 30. While states
It now goes to the senate. Here is the floor debate leading to the final vote. Nt Public Health bill. H. R. 3922, the championing healthy kids act. This legislation funds a fiveyear extension of the Childrens Health Insurance Program known as chip. Along with a twoyear extension of Community Health centers and numerous other critically important Public Health programs. This bill will deliver Quality Health care and peace of mind to millions of americans. The patients and families helped by this legislation are our neighbors and our friends. More than eight million children receive chipfunded coverage and more than 25 million patients are served by our Community Health centers and other important programs. This fiveyear funding of chip marks one of the longest extensions of the Program Since it was created 20 years ago. The policy we are considering mirrors the bipartisan policy thats been introduced and voted out of our Sister Committee in the United States senate. Funding for these im
Includes a discussion about Economic Growth in the workforce with senator jeff merkley of oregon. Please welcome to the stage [applause] good morning, everyone. I am the president of the center for American Progress and i am thrilled to welcome you to the 2017 ideas conference. We are thrilled to have people from all over the country here for our third conference. I think many of you know i am user so active twitter i encourage you to eat of tweet about todays event. The center for American Progress is dedicated to improving the lives of americans. As you can tell from todays agenda, we strive to progress values on every possible front. We have an incredible lineup of speakers who will talk about a broad range of issues facing our country, from making the economy work for everyone to protecting our national security, fighting the threat of climate change, safeguarding our civil rights. More people are taking Political Action than that any point in my lifetime. When we celebrate that Po