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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSENATE RESOLUTION 843—EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE DESIGNATION OF THE
FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST 2026, AS “NATIONAL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER WEEK”, ENCOURAGING ALL PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES TO PARTICIPATE BY
VISITING THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, AND CELEBRATING THE
IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS AND THE
COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE
Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Justice, Mr. Lankford, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Marshall, Mrs. Fischer, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Welch, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Booker, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Blumenthal, and Ms. Klobuchar) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
S. Res. 843
Whereas, for over 60 years, community health centers have
provided access to high-quality, affordable, comprehensive,
preventive care for individuals in the United States, having
a positive impact on the health system of the United States;
Whereas, as the largest primary care network in the United
States, over 1,500 community health centers provide high
quality care for up to 52,000,000 individuals in 17,000
communities, such that 1 in 7 individuals across the United
States and 1 in 3 in rural areas rely on community health
centers;
Whereas community health centers are an important element
of the health system of the United States, serving rural,
suburban, island, frontier, and urban communities, often as
the only accessible and dependable source of primary care;
Whereas community health centers are responding to the
growing burden of chronic disease by expanding access to
nutrition services and lifestyle counseling, reducing
expensive emergency room visits and hospital admissions, and
keeping the people of the United States healthy;
Whereas community health centers integrate a wide range of
services into primary care, such as mental health, dental,
vision, hearing, and pharmacy services, creating a one-stop
shop for all health-related needs;
Whereas community health centers are uniquely governed by
patient-majority boards, ensuring communities are fully
engaged in the strategy of community health centers for
improving care access and quality;
Whereas community health centers are locally operated
nonprofit organizations that empower local economies by
generating nearly $262,000,000,000 in economic activity
across the United States;
Whereas community health centers nationally support 809,000
jobs, including physicians, nurse practitioners, physician
assistants, counselors, dentists, pharmacists, and community
health workers on multidisciplinary teams;
Whereas the community health center model of care is
effective at overcoming barriers to access, improving health
outcomes, and saving taxpayer dollars;
Whereas, in 2025, community health centers provided cancer
screening to nearly 11,000,000 patients and helped more than
4,000,000 patients control their hypertension and nearly
2,500,000 patients control their diabetes;
Whereas community health centers are on the front lines of
addressing opioid overdoses, responding to health care needs
arising from natural disasters, expanding access to care for
our veterans, and operating nearly 4,600 school-based sites
and over 1,300 mobile units to reach people living in rural
and remote areas; and
Whereas National Community Health Center Week offers the
opportunity to recognize the contributions of every community
health center: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate—
(1) honors the dedicated staff, board members, patients,
and all those responsible for the continued success of
community health centers since the first centers opened their
doors 6 decades ago;
(2) celebrates the legacy of community health centers and
their vital role in shaping the past, present, and future of
the health system of the United States;
(3) supports the designation of the first week of August
2026, as “National Community Health Center Week”; and
(4) encourages all people of the United States to
participate in National Community Health Center Week by
visiting their local community health center and celebrating
the important partnership between community health centers
and the communities they serve.