Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Rural Health Month. One-third of Oregon's counties are frontier counties, which have even more struggles accessing healthcare than our rural communities. We need to make sure that the people who are feeding our country--our farmers, our fishermen, and our ranchers--can access the healthcare that they need. The barriers are great. I was just able to get $2 million to build a chemotherapy care clinic in Curry County. It would take 7\1/2\ hours for people needing chemotherapy to be able to go get treatment, having to travel by car on dangerous roads. We need to do better. These people are the heart of our country, and we need to invest in healthcare for our rural communities. ____________________”