Senator Kahn asked and was granted unanimous consent to make a statement and moved that the statement be printed in the Journal.
The motion prevailed.
Senator Kahn's statement is as follows:
To you, Mr.President, and through you to the body, I would like to give you a few words about this resolution which urges the federal government to reauthorize our SCHIP program. SCHIP is the federal words for what we in Michigan know in particular as MIChild. The dollars that are available through that program are matched to many other things, including the MOMS program, including some expansions that we have, and the eligibility of the Healthy Kids program and for the adult benefit waiver.
This program provides health care to the neighborhood of 30,000 children. It has $149 million of federal money brought into this state for that purpose. I urge my colleagues to join me in urging the federal government to reauthorize the SCHIP program.