[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 197 (Thursday, November 19, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H5941-H5942]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               RECOGNIZING NATIONAL RURAL HEALTHCARE DAY

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize National Rural 
Healthcare Day.
  One in five Americans calls rural America home, including the great 
people of northern California.

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  We have some great healthcare providers, and I would like to thank 
them for their efforts, especially during the pandemic, to keep 
everyone safe and healthy.
  As great as it is to live in our State, we have a severe shortage of 
physicians, and recruiting new ones has proven to be a challenge.
  The 12 community health centers and teaching health centers serve 
over 200,000 patients alone. These medical facilities provide much-
needed short-term care but also help train physicians who will plant 
their roots, hopefully, in underserved areas and be available for their 
patients long term.
  Community-based programs with stable funding are sometimes the only 
way that people in rural areas can get the care they need.
  Let's hope we can have a stronger push and use National Rural 
Healthcare Day to spotlight more of this issue.

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