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
Chain was paying this person effectively 1. 69 an hour because they were providing a 5. 60 hourly tip credit which was calculated to include a meal that they would throw in. Thats 1. 69 an hour. They claimed to satisfy the federal minimum wage of 7. 25 when you add the two together but in reality she absolutely was not making 5 and 60 cents an hour. They figure and tips and the fact that employer have the nerve to make her work 20 of her time on nontip work in the kitchen. 1. 69 an hour in america, 2015. This is an honest person working hard to make ends meet and i dont care who you are, theres something fundamentally wrong with that. We have a system that would take advantage of someone like her following the rules working hard only to make that person more wealthy. There is story after story of that happening in our country. While this may seem i can say that there is hope and it starts here. We are in a unique historic moment in the Progressive Movement. For the first time the donor
Background checks to make sure that they are able to handle a gun. We think there opportunities for awareness and education, not that it is mandatory, an opportunity for people to know how to handle weapons. We think there needs to be better education in our schools, big effort we have in our Education System is to make sure we dont have bullying that goes on. Violence starts at a younger age when we see bullying that is uncontained. Teaching goodteaching good values and good principles is a very significant part of the issue. It is not necessary, just new rules and regulations. My wife, the 1st lady, as a conference every year called up the families. Families of all kinds can come in and be taught parenting skills. Skills. If we teach our children is good values and good principles to reduce crime late and violence. Thats where i would start. The shortterm and longterm. Creating some some kind of a law prohibiting the procuring weapons. You were in the news recently when a federal jud
World. Good afternoon to all of you. [laughter] thank you all for being here. And we have a number of senators who will be joining us. Senator schumer will be here, as well as a number of other people, but we are going to go ahead and get started today because this is a critical issue because this week republicans put out their true position on abortion. A national ban and punishing doctors. For months, they have been posturing and hiding their extreme views and ignoring the health care crises that they are causing. But republicans cant pretend they just want to leave abortion to states and then block senator cortez masterss bill that would make sure people can travel to other states for an abortion. They cant say they dont want to punish doctors and meanwhile block my bill to make sure doctors in states where abortion is legal can be punished for doing their jobs. But if there is any doubt about republicans true intentions about their extreme abortion plans, there is no question after
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