Hatch: Senate Finance Committee To Hold CHIP Hearing Post-Recess

Senate Finance Committee Chair Orrin Hatch (R-UT) said Thursday (Aug. 3) that the committee will hold hearings to fund the Children’s Health Insurance Program in September once the Senate returns from recess. The program's funding runs out Sept. 30. The Senate is leaving for August recess Thursday after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) officially restored a week to the Senate’s recess calendar. The committee initially planned to hold a CHIP hearing in May, but postponed that hearing after the...