Article: REP. WALDEN HIGHLIGHTS IMPACT ON HOOD RIVER COUNTY OF LOSING 'COUNTY PAYMENTS' PROGRAM

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore. (2nd CD), issued the following press release:

Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) today addressed the House of Representatives to explain the dire consequences facing Hood River County should funding for the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act be discontinued. Walden and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) introduced H.R. 17 on January 4, the first day of the 110th Congress, a bill which would reauthorize the Act for seven years. The Act expired in September 2006, and without prompt reauthorization and funding, approximately 4,400 school districts in 615 counties in 39 states will have essential federal funding severed.

The speech before the House, the tenth in ...

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