Pelosi Statement on Stark Comments

October 19, 2007
Press Release
Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on comments made yesterday by Congressman Pete Stark on the House floor during debate on the State Children's Health Insurance Program:

'Yesterday's debate in the House to override the President's veto of bipartisan legislation to cover 10 million children was heated on both sides.  While Members of Congress are passionate about their views, what Congressman Stark said during the debate was inappropriate and distracted from the seriousness of the subject at hand - providing health care for America's children.'