{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-lummis-fight-to-protect-rural-nursing-homes-from-federal-overreach/", "Barrasso, Lummis Fight to Protect Rural Nursing Homes from Federal Overreach", "2024-06-05", "2024", "2024-06", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both R-Wyo., joined Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.) and their colleagues in introducing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to overturn the Biden administration\u2019s final rule affecting rural nursing homes and long-term care facilities.\n\nThe final rule imposes burdensome federal staffing mandates on long-term care facilities. The most harmful is requiring facilities to have a registered nurse present 24/7, which is a drastic increase compared to the current requirement of 8 hours a day. This rule, submitted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), comes when our healthcare industry is already facing significant staffing shortages.\n\nExperts estimate that only one in five nursing homes meets the new staffing requirement. Due to these shortages, nursing homes across rural America will struggle to remain open, and many will be forced to close their doors, leaving entire communities without access to these essential senior services.\n\n\u201cThe Biden administration is once again trying to force their one-size-fits-all policies across the country. This Washington overreach does not account for the needs of nursing homes and long-term care facilities in rural states like Wyoming,\u201d said Senator Barrasso. \u201cBurdensome mandates from Washington only undermine access to care for patients in rural areas. Republicans will not let the Biden administration close down facilities that offer critical care to our seniors in communities across Wyoming.\u201d\n\n\u201cSeniors in Wyoming should not have to fear losing access to vital health care, but this administration\u2019s one-size-fits-all regulations threaten to make that a sobering reality,\u201d said Senator Lummis. \u201cThese arbitrary mandates will only worsen staffing shortages and force nursing home closures throughout rural states like Wyoming and demonstrates just how out of touch the Biden administration is with the needs of rural America. My colleagues and I are leading the fight to protect seniors\u2019 access to health care in rural communities and stand against this administration\u2019s misguided mandates.\u201d\n\nSenators joining the resolution of disapproval include U.S. Senators Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska).\n\nFull text of the resolution can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:11:47Z"]], "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://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-lummis-fight-to-protect-rural-nursing-homes-from-federal-overreach/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0415692813694477, "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"}