; Whereas the community health center model continues to prove an effective means of overcoming barriers to health care access, including geography, income, and insurance status, improving health care outcomes and reducing health care system costs; Whereas community health centers reduce overall costs of care by helping manage chronic conditions of patients, which keeps them out of costlier health care settings like hospital emergency rooms; Whereas community health centers are on the front lines of emerging health care crises, providing access to care for our Nation’s veterans, addressing the opioid epidemic, and responding to public health threats in the wake of natural disasters; Whereas community health centers serve as beacons of essential resources and support in testing and treatment in the face of the global coronavirus pandemic, and will continue to offer reliable, affordable, and high-quality care against COVID–19 for America’s most vulnerable and underserved communities; Whereas during the COVID–19 pandemic, health centers served as front line responders and were able to provide tests to 1,549,690 patients over a 4-month period; Whereas National Health Center Week offers the opportunity to celebrate America’s over 1,400 health center organizations with over 12,000 service delivery sites, their dedicated staff, board members, patients, and all those responsible for their continued success and growth since the first health centers opened their doors more than 50 years ago; and Whereas during National Health Center Week, we celebrate the legacy of America’s community health centers, and their vital role in shaping the past, present, and future of America’s health care system: Now, therefore, be it