Don’t ever let anyone tell you that all politicians are the same.
Today, Democrats passed one of the most significant pieces of legislation for working people in a generation. And the bill is also the biggest boost for small towns and rural communities we’ve seen in decades.
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The following is a statement from Matt Hildreth, Executive Director of RuralOrganzing.org:
[...]Like the rest of the country, rural America is hurting. The pandemic has had an outsize impact on rural towns and counties.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the member of Congress closely associated with the violent and manipulative QAnon group, was removed from her committees yesterday. Every Democrat present voted to remove Greene, and they were joined by 11 Republicans.
We won big!
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Damn! What a week. We’ve made more progress in Rural America during President Joe Biden’s first week in office than any other seven day period in recent memory. With the appointment of national rural development experts in key positions within the administration, President Biden is assembling the team to build back better in rural America, and with swift executive action, he is beginning to correct the course climate change, the failing rural economy, immigration, and of course, the pandemic. [...]
Today marks a new beginning for the nation. At RuralOrganizing.org, we look forward to working with the new administration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to improve the lives of all Americans, particularly those in rural areas who were left behind by Donald Trump. We strongly believe that the best way President Biden can ensure small town America benefits from federal programs for years to come is by opening a national office of Rural Prosperity like Governor Kelly did in Kansas and Governor Evers did in Wisconsin. [...]