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    Ohio's 13th Congressional District truly is a great place to live, raise a family and do business. Congresswoman Sutton has lived most of her life in and around the communities that make up much of the district, and she is proud to represent the people and places she knows and loves so much.

    Originally nicknamed the “Turnpike District”, the 13th Congressional District’s unique shape traces across the shoreline of Lake Erie in Lorain County, captures the “Emerald Necklace” of the Cleveland MetroParks and the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and extends south to include the Portage Lakes State Park in Summit County. The 13th Congressional District is also home to institutions of higher learning such as Lorain County Community College and The University of Akron.

    The 13th Congressional District stretches across four of Northeast Ohio’s most populous counties, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Medina, and Summit, and it includes all or some of over thirty communities.


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Sutton Statement on Vote to Override President's Veto of State Children's Health Insurance Bill

Jan 23, 2008

Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Betty Sutton gave the following statement on the vote to override the President's veto of the State Children's Health Insurance Bill:

"M. Speaker. Today I rise in strong support of the Children's Health Insurance bill, and I would strongly encourage my colleagues to join me in overriding the President's veto. There are thousands of children in the 13th District of Ohio, and millions more across America, who depend on this successful program for access to health care services. These children are not statistics; they are the faces of our future.

Recently, there have been signs that our economy is weakening, and the difficulties faced by working class families should not be compounded by the fear that their children will lose their health insurance. The Joint Economic Committee estimates that during each year of an economic downturn, 40,100 children will enter the CHIP or Medicaid programs in Ohio. This is why it is now critical for us to work to increase access to CHIP for our children. Yet the Administration has put up barriers through its August 17, 2007 directive that would turn away some children who already rely on this vital program, and that would prevent states like Ohio from expanding access to this program during this time of critical need.

Recognizing the success of CHIP in providing health insurance to children from working families, the Ohio General Assembly last year voted almost unanimously to expand this program to cover children whose families earn between 200 and 300 percent of the federal poverty level. Yet the Administration rejected this initiative on December 20, 2007, thus denying 20,000 Ohio children the opportunity to obtain health insurance. It is unconscionable for this Administration to continue to block efforts at both the state and national level to provide more children with health insurance coverage.

A vote to override the President's veto is a vote to keep tens of thousands of children in CHIP that the Administration's August 17th directive would otherwise force out. A vote to override the President's veto is a vote to help our working families during this time of economic uncertainty and need. A vote to override the President's veto is a vote for our children and our future."


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