A report released by the Joint Economic Committee Democrats found that rural families on average earn 25 percent less than their urban counterparts.
Democrats on the congressional Joint Economic Committee are laying out a series of policy priorities for rural America in a new report, and they include passing a new farm bill. The JEC’s ranking Democrat, Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, said energy and broadband provisions in the Senate Agriculture Committee’s bipartisan farm bill are examples of what is needed to address key rural needs.
Forty-six million, or 14 percent, of Americans live in rural communities, and 72 percent of land in the United States is considered rural, according to a new report, "Investing in Rural America." The report, drafted by the U.S. Joint Economic Committee, was introduced in a teleconference on Wednesday by U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM), who is a member of the committee, U.S Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Illinois) and Terry Branner, U.S. Department of Agriculture New Mexico state director and founder of Grow New Mexico.
Senate and House Democrats on the Joint Economic Committee on Wednesday released a report, "Investing in Rural America," on the needs of rural America and promised to push congress to invest more in rural areas. In a call to reporters, Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., the ranking Democrat on the committee, said, "Many rural communities are still recovering from the Great Recession, more than 10 years after it hit us. Millions of rural residents lack reliable access to broadband. The rural population is aging and shrinking, and wages have been stuck for too long. But rather than run from these challenges, we need to tackle them head on."
A Democratic plan to address the economic growth in rural America says the nation needs smart public investments in clean energy development, construction, advanced manufacturing and outdoor recreation. The policy recommendations released Wednesday by Democratic members of the Congressional Joint Economic Committee also called for improving rural health care, education, housing, agriculture and other sectors that are not receiving adequate attention currently, they said.
A study released the eight Democratic members on the congressional Joint Economic Committee relies on data showing where rural areas are lagging their urban counterparts and what policy solutions might close gaps. The report, Investing in Rural America, looks at several aspects of the rural economy including infrastructure, family financial security, housing, clean energy and public lands, health care, and agriculture.
Jun 20 2018
KRWG - JEC Democrats Report Outlines Ways to Expand Economic Opportunity in Rural America
Joint Economic Committee Democrats today released a new report that examines the current state of the rural economy, and proposes policies that could revitalize rural communities and help them thrive in the 21st century. The report, “Investing in Rural America,” looks at several aspects of the rural economy including infrastructure, family financial security, housing, clean energy and public lands, health care, and agriculture.
DYK rural families on average earn 25 percent less than their urban counterparts, but live in areas with some of the highest rates of upward economic mobility in the nation? Joint Economic Committee Democrats today released a new report that examines the current state of the rural economy, and proposes policies that could revitalize rural communities and help them thrive in the 21st century.The report, “Investing in Rural America,” looks at several aspects of the rural economy including infrastructure, family financial security, housing, clean energy and public lands, health care, and agriculture.
The lack of access to broadband and health care in less-populous areas of the U.S. are two of the issues that Democrats hope they can use to loosen the Republican grip on rural voters. A study being released today by the eight Democratic members on the congressional Joint Economic Committee relies on data showing where rural areas are lagging their urban counterparts, and what policy solutions might close gaps.
Rural communities have not fully recovered from the Great Recession and face a unique set of economic challenges. Wednesday the Joint Economic Committee Democrats released a new report that examines the current state of the rural economy, and proposes policies that could revitalize rural communities and help them thrive in the 21st century. The report, “Investing in Rural America,” looks at several aspects of the rural economy including infrastructure, family financial security, housing, clean energy and public lands, health care, and agriculture.
