House Resolution 289. of which I am cosponsor. passed the U.S. House of Representatives. House Resolution 289 reads as follows: Whereas community. migrant. public housing. and homeless health centers are nonprofit. community owned and operated health providers and are vital to the Nations communities. Whereas there are more than 1.000 such health centers servicing more than 15.000.000 people in over 3.600 communities. Whereas such health centers have provided costeffective. high quality health care to the Nations poor and medically underserved (including the working poor. the uninsured. and many highrisk and vulnerable populations). acting as a vital safety net in the Nations health delivery system.