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RCAP to Obama: Recommit to rural America in State of the Union Address

Posted Tue, 2013/01/15 - 3:03pm by RCAP

RCAP is among the organizations and groups that sent a letter to President Barack Obama on Jan. 14 asking him to affirm his administration's commitment to rural America as he prepares for his annual State of the Union Address on Feb. 12.

"We ask that in your address, you publicly commit to working with Congress to reauthorize a filll five-year Farm Bill in a way that revitalizes the rural communities that form the backbone of our heartland," the letter reads.

RCAP, along with 18 other groups, is a signatory to the letter.

Obama, Romney speak about rural America

Posted Mon, 2012/10/15 - 8:55am by RCAP

As the presidential campaign reaches its climax heading toward Nov. 6, both major party candidates are out on the trail courting all types of voters and gathering as many supporters as they can get - both urban and rural.

In the last week or so, the campaigns have produced the resources below, which provide their views on rural America. While all of these resources focus heavily on agriculture, there is an occasional mention of infrastructure.

EPA’s FY 2013 budget proposal focuses on core environmental and human health protections

Posted Wed, 2012/02/22 - 3:38pm by RCAP

EPA budget supports President Obama’s vision of an America that is built to last

WASHINGTON – The Obama Administration proposed Feb. 13 a fiscal year 2013 budget of $8.344 billion for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This budget reflects a government-wide effort to reduce spending and find cost-savings and is $105 million below the EPA’s enacted level for FY 2012.