Rep. Walberg Supports CHIP and Community Health Centers

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., issued the following news release:

Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-07) today voted for the Championing Healthy Kids Act, which extends funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), community health centers, and other important public health priorities. Click here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09Q4sirxir8) to watch Congressman Walberg's remarks on the House floor.

"These public health programs are vital to helping the most vulnerable among us," said Congressman Walberg. "Thousands of low-income children and pregnant mothers rely on Michigan's CHIP program, and many more families turn to a community health center in our state for their health care needs. The Championing Healthy Kids Act is an important bill for the health and wellbeing of children and families in Michigan, and I'm pleased it passed the House today."

Congressman Walberg serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Education and the Workforce Committee as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. For more information on Walberg's work in Congress visit walberg.house.gov.

This document was posted showing the date: Nov. 3, 2017.