Washington, Sept. 14 -- Congresswoman Lauren Boebert issued the following press release:
Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-CO) published an op-ed in Colorado Politics highlighting her extensive record fighting for rural hospitals.
Rep. Boebert wrote, "I worked with my colleagues for years long before President Trump's reelection to plan what became the One Big Beautiful Bill so we would have a plan ready to go." That bill, she wrote, created the Rural Health Transformation Program $50 billion over five years, $10 billion a year from fiscal year 2026 through 2030.
"Colorado's first-year award is about $200.1 million," she wrote, with "almost $160 million in the first year" going out as competitive grants to rural providers. First-year grant...