U.S. Senator Ken Salazar Member of the Agriculture, Energy and Veterans Affairs Committees 2300 15^th Street, Suite 450 Denver, CO 80202 | 702 Hart Senate Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
For Immediate Release December 12, 2007		CONTACT:Stephanie Valencia – 202-228-3630 Cody Wertz 303-350-0032
Senator Salazar Statement on President Bush’s THIRD Veto of Children’s Health Insurance Program WASHINGTON, DC – United States Senator Ken Salazar issued the following statement today after President Bush vetoed the new Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007. This is the THIRD time that President Bush has vetoed a reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program. “With his latest veto of the children’s health insurance program, President Bush is theoretically giving 10 million children who need health insurance a lump of coal for the holidays. I am astonished with his level of obstinacy and his choice to play politics with the health and well being of America’s most vulnerable children. It is paramount that the President meets us halfway. Millions of children whose health care is on the line cannot afford to wait.” ###