you have the president's irresponsible openended commitment to the occupation in iraq continues while the number of american children without access to healthcare keeps climbing madam speaker yesterday the president asked congress to borrow another one hundred and ninety six billion to continue his failed blank check no plan policy in iraq but he and his republican friends in this body apparently feel that spending thirty five billion on a highly successful program that provides healthcare to one insured children is excessive it's time for republicans to stop blindly following the president and start helping american families