News Releases: Price (NC04): Durham 3rd Grader Lobbies Congress for SCHIP

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	For Immediate Release October 18, 2007
	Durham 3rd Grader Lobbies Congress for SCHIP Meets with Speaker Pelosi and Rep. Price
	Washington, D.C. - Ezekiel “Zeek” Taylor, a Durham 3rd grader was lobbying the halls of Congress today to encourage Members to override the President’s veto of the Children’s Health Insurance bill. Taylor was chosen this year as the National Ambassador for the March of Dimes. He participated in a press conference at 10:15 am today with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congressman David Price, who represents Zeek in Washington. March of Dimes President Dr. Jennifer L. Howse also participated. Although Congressman Price, along with 272 of his House colleagues, voted for the Children’s Healthcare expansion bill (H.R. 976), the vote did not garner the 2/3 majority needed to override the President's veto. Price said the House will keep working to insure 10 million American children, despite today’s vote. Zeek was accompanied by his mother, Betty Marrow-Taylor. Zeek attends Club Boulevard Elementary School in Durham. To read more about Zeek and his work supporting the March of Dimes, see the following website: http://www.marchofdimes.com/aboutus/793_22649.asp. Pictured in the following photo are Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Zeek Taylor, Betty Marrow-Taylor, and Rep. Price.

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