New Rural Report Card: Bush Budget Fails Rural America
February 9, 2006
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Washington, DC - A new "Rural Report Card" unveiled today by the Senate Democratic Policy Committee details the failures of President Bush's policies on rural America, and the devastating impact the Bush Administration's cuts will have on the quality of life in rural communities. The report card was issued today for the second year in a row by Congressional Democrats led by Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), the Chair of Rural Outreach for the Senate Democratic Caucus.
The "Rural Report Card" highlights five areas in which President Bush has proposed steep cuts disproportionately weighted toward rural America including law enforcement, health care, education, economic development, and agriculture.
A radio actuality of Senator Lincoln's comments can be downloaded via the link below:
http://a9.g.akamai.net/7/9/8082/v001/democratic1.download.akamai.com/8082/audio/20060209_clip.mp3
Length of Actuality: 40 seconds
Text of Actuality:
"Rural America desperately wants to be a part of making our nation stronger. But in area after area it is sad to see that the President is letting our small towns dwindle and leaving them behind.
"The President has proposed the largest cut to federal education funding in the 26-year history in the Department of Education. And who depends most on education? It is communities in rural America.
"It is working families; it's the children living in rural America who want to make a difference in this nation, who want to be leaders of tomorrow. And much, much more they depend on their public school system and the Department of Education to provide them with that quality education."
For a full copy of the "Rural Report Card" visit the Democratic Policy Committee website at:
http://democrats.senate.gov/dpc/dpc-new.cfm?doc_name=fs-109-2-22
