Washington, Aug. 12 -- Congressman Juan Ciscomani issued the following press release:

U.S. Representative Juan Ciscomani today saw firsthand how the $2 million federal investment he preliminarily secured for Benson Hospital will expand access to critical health care in rural Cochise County.

The $2 million preliminarily secured for Benson Hospital is part of 20 other Community Project Funding requests totaling $42.7 million that Ciscomani has advocated for in this year's House appropriations bills to strengthen communities across Arizona's Sixth Congressional District.

The funding for the Benson Hospital Emergency Department and Laboratory Modernization Project is included in the Fiscal Year 2027 Labor, Health and Human Services, Educatio...