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Is Don Davis working to support rural hospitals and family farms?

Matches stated direction. He introduced bills on rural emergency hospital pay and farm transitions; the hospital bill sits in committee and the farm text passed the House in the farm bill.

Don Davis

Rural hospitals and family farms

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says he is working to support rural hospitals and strengthen family farms.

“He's working to support rural hospitals, strengthen family farms, and expand reliable high-speed internet”

What the record shows

In July 2025 he introduced a bill, with Republican Jack Bergman, to have Medicaid pay rural emergency hospitals as outpatient hospitals; it has not left committee. In December 2025 he introduced the Farm Transitions Act, with Republican Zach Nunn, to restart a federal commission on passing farms to the next generation. That bill sits in subcommittee, but its text passed the House on April 30, 2026 as section 12401 of the farm bill, which he voted for. The farm bill awaits the Senate.

Limit: The hospital bill shows intent, not a result, and the farm bill is not law. The broadband part was not tested.

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  1. Eastern North Carolina Firsthttps://www.votedondavis.com/delivering-new-page

    Don Davis for NC · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    His six priority sections: cost of living, jobs, education, rural infrastructure, military and veterans, and a practical approach. The text sits in collapsed panels on the page.

    candidate statement

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  2. H.R. 4277 (119th), Rural Emergency Hospital Financial Stability Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4277

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced July 2, 2025 by Davis with Rep. Jack Bergman (R-MI) as original cosponsor. Referred to committee; no further action.

    official legislative record

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  3. H.R. 4277, introducedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr4277ih

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Would treat rural emergency hospitals as outpatient hospitals for Medicaid payment.

    official legislative record

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  4. H.R. 6385 (119th), Farm Transitions Act of 2025https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6385

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced December 3, 2025 by Davis with Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA) as original cosponsor. In subcommittee.

    official legislative record

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  5. H.R. 6385, introducedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr6385ih

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Would reauthorize the Commission on Farm Transitions-Needs for 2050, which studies how farms pass to the next generation.

    official legislative record

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  6. H.R. 7567 (119th), Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The House farm bill. Passed the House 224-200 on April 30, 2026 (Roll Call 154); received in the Senate May 19, 2026; not law. Congress.gov lists H.R. 6385 as a related bill.

    official legislative record

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  7. H.R. 7567, engrossed in Househttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr7567eh

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Section 12401, Commission on Farm Transitions--Needs for 2050, makes the same amendments to section 12609 of the 2018 farm law as H.R. 6385 section 2, clause for clause. It differs in the Act named, a 2031 end date instead of 2029, and one added advisory-committee clause. Section 6302 is titled Promoting Precision Agriculture, the name of Davis's H.R. 1985.

    official legislative record

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  8. Roll Call 154, H.R. 7567, April 30, 2026 (document)

    Clerk of the U.S. House · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    On passage, 224-200. Davis: Yea, one of 14 Democrats voting Yea. The Clerk's file returned HTTP 403 to the desk's script on October 1, 2026; the vote was read from Congress.gov's house-vote record of the same roll call (119th Congress, session 2, vote 154).

    official legislative record

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