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Norton Secures $150 Million for New Howard University Hospital in House Appropriations Bill

June 30, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced she secured $150 million for the construction of a new Howard University Hospital (HUH) in the House's fiscal year 2023 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill. The Committee on Appropriations will mark up the bill today.

"I am very pleased to secure additional funds for a new Howard University Hospital," Norton said. "HUH serves as the clinical residency site for the Howard University College of Medicine, which is the nation's largest training institution for minority physicians, graduating more than 10,000 physicians in its history and placing over 50% of its graduates in medically underserved communities. This robust pipeline of physicians serving in historically underserved communities is even more critical now, as the coronavirus has shown the dire consequences of our growing health care disparities. This funding can address the severe shortage of minority physicians across the country, expand access to care, create new jobs and better prepare a large urban community to respond to future public health crises."

Norton has long supported a new HUH, securing $7 million for the project in fiscal year 2021 and $100 million in fiscal year 2022.

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