Senate honors hospital workers in symbolic recognition week
S.Res. 230 — A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Hospital Week, to be observed from May 11 through May 17, 2025. · Filed by John Barrasso (R-WY) · 6 cosponsors · Introduced May 14, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This is a Senate resolution expressing support for National Hospital Week (May 11–17, 2025) and recognizing the contributions of U.S. hospitals to public health. It contains no binding law, no appropriations, and no restrictions—it is purely a statement of appreciation for hospitals, their workers, and their role in American health care.
Why we flagged it
This is a non-binding Senate resolution that commemorates National Hospital Week and honors hospital workers and health care infrastructure. It performs no legislative function, creates no law, and allocates no funds—it is purely a statement of recognition.
Who it affects
The resolution itself changes no law and imposes no costs or benefits on citizens. However, it serves a legitimate public-accountability function by placing on the Senate record recognition of hospital workers and health care infrastructure—a modest civic good. The absence of any operative mechanism means the impact is purely symbolic.
Named in the bill
U.S. Senate, National Hospital Week, Florence Nightingale, critical access hospitals, teaching hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, Department of Veterans Affairs
Where it stands
6 cosponsors: 4 Republicans, 1 Democrats, 1 Independents.
- May 14, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- May 14, 2025 — Passed the Senate · Congress.gov: “Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $4,470,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 53 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
John Barrasso, the sponsor, reported $408,500 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- American Hospital Association — $4,470,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (3,715 characters) on Sep 18, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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