{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://harris.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-harris-applauds-168-million-rural-health-transformation-0", "Congressman Harris Applauds $168 Million Rural Health Transformation Investment for Maryland", "2025-12-29", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "MD", "Andy Harris", "H001052", "harris.house.gov", "harris", "https://harris.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01), Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration, applauded the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for awarding Maryland $168,180,838 under the Rural Health Transformation Program, which will expand access to care, strengthen the healthcare workforce, and modernize rural health infrastructure and technology. Unfortunately, Maryland did not receive additional funding because the Moore Administration chose not to pursue a SNAP nutritious food waiver.\n\nThis funding will expand access to preventive, primary, maternal, and behavioral healthcare in Maryland\u2019s rural communities, strengthen the rural healthcare workforce by helping recruit and retain doctors and nurses, improve emergency care coordination, and modernize facilities and telehealth so patients can receive high-quality care closer to home. These investments will directly benefit rural residents and communities across Maryland, especially those in Maryland\u2019s First District.\n\nStatement from Congressman Andy Harris:\n\n\u201cI commend the Trump Administration for its leadership in delivering billions of dollars to strengthen rural health care nationwide as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill. Unfortunately, the Moore administration failed to adequately prioritize Maryland\u2019s application by not applying for a SNAP nutritious food waiver, causing our rural communities to miss out on additional millions of dollars that would have been flowing into our state. As a physician and representative of a rural district \u2014 and the only member of Maryland\u2019s congressional delegation to support the passage of these rural healthcare funds, I\u2019m ready to work with the Trump Administration to address the needs of rural Marylanders with these dollars.\u201d\n\nFor media inquiries, please contact Anna Adamian at Anna.A@mail.house.gov", 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://harris.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-harris-applauds-168-million-rural-health-transformation-0"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4945999719202518, "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"}