{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://walden.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/greg-walden-good-news-rural-oregon", "Greg Walden: 'This is good news for rural Oregon'", "2020-05-01", "2020", "2020-05", "Republican", "House", "OR", "Greg Walden", "W000791", "walden.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Today, Representative Greg Walden (R-Hood River) released a statement after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announcedthey are awardingan additional$172,109,975 to 165health carefacilities in Oregon. This funding is in addition to the over $300 million Oregon has already received from HHS.\nThe funding comesfrom the$100 billion that theCoronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Actdesignated for provider relief.This wave of funding is targeted towards coronavirus hot-spots and rural areas.Nationwide, HHS awarded$12 billion to providers in hot-spots and $10 billion to providers in rural areas, which includes the over $172 million for Oregon.\n\"This funding provides another life-line to our rural healthcare providers. Moreover, this money coupled with the ability of those providers to begin to provide elective medical procedures means Oregonians will soon have access to important health care services they've not been able to receive during this lockdown.I commend the Administration for listening to the concerns of rural hospitals and providing them this necessary funding as well as for the administration's recent decision to make themeligible for the PPP program. In our part of Oregon, the hospitals and clinics are often the largest, local employers, which is why I advocated forchangingthe rules so they could qualify for the PayrollProtectionProgram. As a member of President Trump's bipartisan task force on reopening the economy, I am committed to ensuring our health care providers, as well as our small businesses, have the resources they need when the governor decides it's time to safely reopen Oregon,said Walden.\nIn addition to this funding, HHShas alreadydistributed$70 billion nationwide.Learn morehere.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://walden.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/greg-walden-good-news-rural-oregon"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8550691418349743, "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"}