[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 25, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1067]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         RECOGNIZING BROWARD COMMUNITY & FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS

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                     HON. DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 25, 2018

  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Speaker, as we approach National Community 
Health Center Week, August 12 through 18, it is my privilege to 
recognize the tremendous and meaningful work of Broward Community & 
Family Health Centers, Inc., a Federally Qualified Community Health 
Center located in Broward County and Florida's 23rd Congressional 
District.
  Broward Community & Family Health Centers is a non-profit, community-
owned and operated health provider serving uninsured and medically 
underserved people.
  Community health centers have become an essential provider for 
comprehensive, high-quality preventive health care for all patients, 
regardless of their ability to pay. They have become the core primary 
care destination for millions in our country--especially for minorities 
and our most vulnerable populations.
  Under the leadership of my dear friend CEO Rosalyn Frazier, Broward 
Community & Family Health Centers expand access to quality health care 
for all people and contain health care costs by fostering prevention 
and integrating the delivery of primary care with aggressive outreach, 
patient education, translation, and other enabling services.
  Broward Community & Family Health Centers has made great strides in 
the Florida health care system by maintaining high standards of 
accountability, demonstrating cost effectiveness and efficiency in the 
delivery of care, and empowering communities to address unmet health 
needs and reduce health disparities, preventable deaths, costly 
disabilities, and communicable diseases.
  I applaud the important contributions of Broward Community & Family 
Health Centers in safeguarding health and improving the quality of life 
for people in Broward County, and I look forward to continuing to help 
Rosalyn Frazier and her team serve our community for many years to 
come.

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