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Henry Cuellar: “I started the first CHIP program, CHIP Health Insurance program, at the Farias Elementary School in Laredo…”

Featuring: Henry Cuellar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 28

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Now you got UT, RGV, you got medical facilities, you got everything. PhDs. What we did in 90, set the foundation. And that has changed the Valley in so many ways. Finally, I was also the. I started the first CHIP program, CHIP Health Insurance program, at the Farias Elementary School in Laredo that now it's statewide. So healthcare and education was very important to me, and it still is right now. And it seems like over the years, you've done so much work in those two areas. (07:24–07:32)

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Asserts that Henry Cuellar started the first CHIP Health Insurance program in Laredo, which is now statewide.

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