Political Quotes

“As the Founding Chair of the Congressional Children's Caucus and a senior member of the Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees, I rise in strong support of H.R. 2075, the ``School-Based Health Centers Reauthorization Act,'' which reauthorizes school-based health centers through Fiscal Year 2024 as well as make technical changes that allow more health centers, that serve medically underserved children and adolescents, to quality for funding. First and foremost, I would like to thank Representatives Sarbanes, Tonko, Stefanik, and Upton for their leadership on this key piece of legislation. In 2014, the authorization for school-based health centers lapsed. By passing H.R. 2075, Congress would rectify this issue and help deliver primary care, including dental screenings and mental health services, to millions of American students. These health centers are a powerful tool for achieving health equity among children and adolescents who unjustly experience disparities in outcomes because of their race and family income. Improved access to school-based health centers is tied to reducing negative health outcomes, such as asthma morbidity and the rate of hospital admissions as well as increasing positive outcomes like educational outcomes, school performance, and graduation rates. Across the United States, there are over 2,500 school-based health centers and approximately one-third of them are in rural areas, which traditionally suffer from limited access to care.…”