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Speakers urge support for Farm Bill’s rural development title, highlighting broadband, hospitals and water projects
Summary
Speakers at the session urged support for the rural development title of the Farm Bill, saying it includes over 70 programs that fund broadband, rural hospitals, meat processing and water infrastructure and calling for public outreach to raise awareness.
Speaker 2, Unidentified Speaker, urged public support for the rural development title of the Farm Bill, saying it funds programs intended to help rural communities and to ‘lift up and empower’ residents. "About 1 in 6 Americans live in a rural area," Speaker 2 said. "That's about 60,000,000 people."
The rural development title, Speaker 2 said, includes a wide set of…
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