On Friday, December 15, 2017, Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell held a ‘Congress in Your Community’ meeting in the dining room of the Greene County Residential Care Center. About 40 people attended the meeting.
Congresswoman Sewell thanked the people for coming out to listen and participate in the meeting, which she brings annually to every county in her district to seek input and questions from people about the work of Congress and the Federal government.Sewell thanked the people of Greene County and other voters in the Seventh Congressional District for their overwhelming support of Doug Jones in the December 12th Special Election. “The Seventh District was the only congressional district that Doug Jones won but he won by such an overwhelming majority, due to Black voters, that he will become our next Senator,” said Sewell. “I look forward to working with him in Congress for the benefit of Greene County and other parts of Alabama.”

Sewell said that she was working in Congress to find ways to help rural hospitals survive by seeking higher Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rates and finding other special programs to help rural hospitals in her district and in rural areas across the nation. Greene County Health System is one of several rural health care facilities in her district that is facing financial difficulties, including facilities in Wilcox and Sumter counties.

The Congresswoman, who sits on the House Ways and Means Committee, expressed concern that the “tax reform bill” wending its way through Congress favors the richest people and doesn’t do as much as it should to help poor and working people. “This tax bill takes away some tax provisions like the New Markets Tax Credit which helps economically distressed communities to rebuild.” Said Sewell.

Sewell recommended that voters visit her website to sign up for newsletters, Federal grant program advisories and other important information.