{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4939", "Bipartisan Florida Delegation Urges Implementation of Proposal to Strengthen HIV/AIDS Care", "2025-12-16", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "FL", "Lois Frankel", "F000462", "frankel.house.gov", "frankel", "https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "A bipartisan group of Florida lawmakers is urging swift implementation of proposed updates to the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program funding formula\u2014changes that would significantly strengthen Florida\u2019s ability to provide lifesaving care to low-income people living with HIV/AIDS.\n\nThe Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, established by Congress in 1990, provides critical medical care and support services to approximately 500,000 low-income Americans each year. Florida has one of the largest HIV-positive populations in the nation, with more than 100,000 Floridians living with HIV.\n\nLast month, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)\u2014the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services agency that administers the program\u2014proposed updating the funding formula to reflect where people live today, rather than where they were originally diagnosed. The current formula disadvantages high-growth states like Florida, which experiences significant migration and population shifts each year.\n\nThe bipartisan Florida delegation urged HRSA to move forward with the update so federal resources better align with patient needs and current population realities.\n\n\u201cFlorida\u2019s HIV community has grown and changed, but the funding formula hasn\u2019t kept up,\u201d said Rep. Frankel (D-FL-22). \u201cThis is about making sure federal dollars follow patients so people can get tested, treated, and stay healthy. That\u2019s good public health and good stewardship of taxpayer dollars.\u201d\n\nThe letter was led by Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL-22) and signed by Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) as well as Representatives Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25), Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16), Kathy Castor (D-FL-14), Frederica Wilson (D-FL-24), John Rutherford (R-FL-05), Darren Soto (D-FL-09), Kat Cammack (R-FL-03), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20), Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-FL-10), Laurel Lee (R-FL-15), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23), and Randy Fine (R-FL-06).\n\nTo read the full letter, click here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4939"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8327378891408443, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}