{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases/schatz-wicker-introduce-resolution-to-mark-telehealth-awareness-week", "Schatz, Wicker Introduce Resolution To Mark Telehealth Awareness Week", "2021-09-22", "2021", "2021-09", "Democrat", "Senate", "HI", "Brian Schatz", "S001194", "www.schatz.senate.gov", "schatz", "https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai\u2018i) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) introduced a bipartisan resolution to support the designation of September 19-25 as \u201cTelehealth Awareness Week.\u201d The resolution recognizes that telehealth has helped millions of patients access quality health care during the COVID-19 pandemic, and that it will continue to be essential beyond the public health emergency.\n\n\u201cTelehealth makes it possible for more people to safely get the care they need, where and when they need it,\u201d said Senator Schatz. \u201cThis is an opportunity for Congress to demonstrate its broad, bipartisan support for telehealth and help more people learn how to access these important services.\u201d\n\n\u201cTelehealth services have brought quality health care to more Americans in more places during the COVID-19 pandemic,\u201d Senator Wicker said. \u201cThis Telehealth Awareness Week, I am glad to join my colleagues to celebrate the importance of telehealth and commit to making these services available to more Americans permanently.\u201d\n\nThe resolution recognizes the bipartisan support in Congress for telehealth and encourages expanded access to telehealth services for all individuals, including members of rural and underserved communities. It concludes that \u201cTelehealth Awareness Week\u201d will unite the efforts of patients, caregivers, health care providers, policymakers, and other stakeholders to advance the role of telehealth in health care.\n\nIn addition to Senators Schatz and Wicker, the resolution is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss).\n\nSchatz has led efforts in the Senate to expand the use of telehealth services. Earlier this year, he reintroduced the CONNECT for Health Act, the most comprehensive bipartisan telehealth bill in Congress. Since its first iteration in 2016, several provisions from Schatz\u2019s bill have been signed into law.\n\nTo read the full resolution, click here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"]], "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.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases/schatz-wicker-introduce-resolution-to-mark-telehealth-awareness-week"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9795413352549076, "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"}