{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://miller.house.gov/media/press-releases/miller-wv-colleagues-urge-hrsa-include-terrain-factors-rural-definition", "Miller, WV Colleagues Urge HRSA to Include Terrain Factors in Rural Definition for Federal Health Care Resources", "2024-05-23", "2024", "2024-05", "Republican", "House", "WV", "Carol D. Miller", "M001205", "miller.house.gov", "miller", "https://miller.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV), Congressman Alex Mooney (R-WV) and U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Joe Manchin (D-WV), wrote a letter to Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Administrator Carole Johnson, urging HRSA to adequately include terrain factors in their definition of rural. This classification determines communities\u2019 eligibility to receive certain federal health care resources, and adopting ruggedness in the definition will ensure that West Virginia communities receive the federal funding they deserve.\n\n\u201cWest Virginia is the only state that lies completely within the Appalachian Mountain region. It also has a higher mean elevation than any state in the east,\u201d the lawmakers wrote in part. \u201cWe appreciate HRSA\u2019s work to better account for difficult and mountainous terrain areas in the definition of rural for purposes of Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) grant eligibility. These funds are instrumental to providing access to quality health care and support health professionals in rural communities across the country.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis critical addition to HRSA\u2019s proposal to include terrain factors in their definition of rural to be eligible of FORHP grants is important to better capture rugged terrain areas. These counties include Critical Access Hospitals, health centers, clinics, and many other health providers that will greatly benefit from the resources FORHP provides,\u201d the lawmakers continued. \u201cWe urge you to take Congressional intent into account and adopt our suggestion to address high density of rugged areas. We look forward to continue working with you to improve health care access and quality across rural America.\u201d\n\nClick here to read the full letter.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:01:11Z"]], "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://miller.house.gov/media/press-releases/miller-wv-colleagues-urge-hrsa-include-terrain-factors-rural-definition"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2117987498641014, "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"}