[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 13850-13851]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    MAYERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SUCCESS

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
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minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Mayers 
Memorial Hospital in my district, the First District of California, in 
Fall River Mills, eastern Shasta County, not only for their commitment 
to deliver exemplary healthcare services to the northeast area of rural 
California, but also in congratulations for, after years of planning 
and diligence on their part, Mayers was recently awarded a $21 million 
USDA rural development grant to address the hospital and region's most 
urgent needs, including replacement facilities for emergency 
departments, acute care, and diagnostic services, while making the 
facility compliant with California's rigid earthquake mandates that 
will make the building in seismic code by 2020.
  Access to healthcare services is already critical and a big challenge 
in rural areas of California, so ensuring our hospitals and doctors 
have the tools they need to continue offering primary care and 
emergency health services is very critical for our area.
  I have no doubt this project--one that I was happy to help support--
will have a positive impact on the community and the whole northeast 
region, generating jobs, and making sure the people of eastern Shasta 
County, as well as northeastern California, have the healthcare 
services and emergency services they need.

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