Today, Frank Lucas (R-OK), Sam Graves (R-MO), and Doc Hastings (R-WA), Co-Chairs of the Rural America Solutions Group, released the following statement regarding Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s massive health care bill. The Pelosi health care plan includes employer mandates on small businesses, penalizes them with increased payroll taxes, and additional income surtax on businesses. Many small… Read more »
On October 16, 2007, candidate Obama said:
“It's time that we had a president who understood that when we strengthen our rural communities, we lift up our entire nation So, after I am elected president, I'll ask Democratic and Republican leaders to join me in a summit here in Iowa to discuss these issues. And we'll come together in a bipartisan way to take action on a rural agenda… Read more »
Homage to the Heartland: Obama and the GOP Reach out to Middle America
Weekly Standard
Gary Andres
July 9, 2009
Some political commentators label Barack Obama as America's first "urban president." As Quinnipiac University's Peter Brown explained in the Wall Street Journal last November, "Let's be clear: Urban is not meant as a euphemism for black or liberal, although the… Read more »
Following criticism from a range of Congressional Democrats that the Obama Administration has ignored the needs of rural Americans, the White House yesterday announced that:
“President Obama has directed many members of his Cabinet to begin what it describes as a ‘listening tour’ of rural America this summer...”
After House Democrats passed the National Energy Tax… Read more »
Today, as the U.S. House of Representatives prepares to vote on the Democrats’ National Energy Tax Bill (H.R.2454), Republicans stood up for Rural Americans who will be disproportionately affected by this legislation:
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“This bill will destroy the livelihoods of those who live and work in rural America. Those who work every day to consistently provide our nation and… Read more »
Rural Dems have Beef with Obama
Lisa Lerer and Jonathan Martin
Politico
June 17, 2009
Angered by White House decisions on everything from greenhouse gases to car dealerships, congressional Democrats from rural districts are threatening to revolt against parts of President Barack Obama’s ambitious first-year agenda.
“They don’t get rural America,” said Rep. Dennis Cardoza, a… Read more »
Today, the Rural America Solutions Group held a press conference on Capitol Hill to highlight the negative impacts of the Democrats’ national energy tax legislation on rural America. This national energy tax, under consideration this week by the Energy and Commerce Committee, would disproportionately spike rural American energy bills, harm agriculture production and threaten small… Read more »
Today, Republicans at the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands spoke out against the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA, H.R. 980), which would transfer approximately 24 million acres of lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming and Utah from public access lands to off-limits wilderness areas.
“The premise underlying… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA -04) joined other House Republicans today in announcing a new group tasked with developing solutions to address the issues facing Rural America. The Rural America Solutions Group will focus on solutions that create jobs and economic opportunities as well as address the unique challenges rural communities face. Hastings… Read more »
