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Article: REPS. THOMPSON, RAHALL, GORDON, FILNER LEAD BIPARTISAN CALL FOR RURAL FUNDING IN STIMULUS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 12, 2009
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Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif. (1st CD), issued the following news release:
Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA), Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.), Science and Technology Committee Chairman Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.), and Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Bob Filner (D-CA), along with 29 of their colleagues, sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) late Friday urging them to ensure that rural areas receive an equitable share of any economic stimulus package.
"People across this country are struggling to pay their mortgages and afford rising health care costs, but rural communities are being hit even harder by the tough economy," ...