{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://zinke.house.gov/media/press-releases/icymi-historic-233-million-investment-rural-health-care-headed-montana", "ICYMI: Historic $233 Million Investment in Rural Health Care Headed to Montana", "2026-01-12", "2026", "2026-01", "Republican", "House", "MT", "Ryan K. Zinke", "Z000018", "zinke.house.gov", "zinke", "https://zinke.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. - In December, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that Montana will receive more than $233 million in Fiscal Year 2026 through the Rural Health Transformation Program. This funding is part of the landmark \u201cOne Big Beautiful Bill,\u201d which Congressman Zinke supported and was signed into law in July. It represents the largest federal investment in rural health care in U.S. history. Montana secured the fourth-largest allocation of any state.\n\n\u201cThis historic funding is a game changer for Montana\u2019s rural communities,\u201d said Zinke. \u201cAccess to quality health care close to home is essential and has historically been hard to come by for our families and workers in small towns. As anyone living in the rural West knows, D.C.\u2019s one-size-fits-all solutions don\u2019t work in our communities. This investment empowers Montana\u2019s health care workers and officials to keep our communities healthy in a way that makes sense for Montana and our way of life.\u201d\n\nMontana will use this funding to boost the rural healthcare workforce, secure financial stability for providers, and focus on prevention and community health. It also aims to expand technology through improved interoperability and electronic medical record upgrades. Key initiatives include creating a Rural Center of Excellence, launching new care and payment models, implementing SNAP waivers, forming an EMS Compact, and introducing Medicaid reforms like telehealth and remote patient monitoring.\n\nRead Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services press release here.\n\nRead the Montana program funding summary here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-04T05:28:40Z", "2026-04-04T05:30:10Z"]], "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://zinke.house.gov/media/press-releases/icymi-historic-233-million-investment-rural-health-care-headed-montana"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3884780928492546, "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"}