Brumfield – Childers: Year one

Brumfield – Childers: Year one

Voting to re-authorize the State Children’s Health Program, U.S. Rep. Travis Childers says, has been the highlight of his first 12 months in office.

“I was pleased to support SCHIP,” he said in an interview with the Daily Journal.

Childers marks his first anniversary as 1st District congressman on Wednesday.

SCHIP was established by the federal government in 1997 to provide health insurance to children in families at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty line.

Congress voted earlier this year to expand coverage and reauthorize the program until 2013.

“What kind of a nation are we if we won’t support our children who have less fortunate parents?” asked Childers.

Daily-Journal
5/19/9