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RCAP Executive Director testifies on Capitol Hill

Posted Thu, 2012/04/26 - 11:04am by RCAP

RCAP Executive Director Robert Stewart testified April 25 before the House Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee of the Agriculture Committee. The subcommittee hosted the first in a series of hearings on the upcoming Farm Bill reauthorization. There were two panels focusing on the programs in the Rural Development Title.

RCAP testifies at Senate committee hearing on Capitol Hill

Posted Fri, 2012/02/17 - 3:51pm by RCAP

A former small-town mayor from Colorado testified Feb. 15 at a Senate hearing on behalf of the Rural Community Assistance Partnership.

USDA Rural Development: Helping to put Americans to work

Posted Wed, 2012/01/18 - 5:35pm by RCAP

Annual report reflects administration's drive to create opportunity in rural regions

WASHINGTON (USDA)- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack provided highlights of USDA Rural Development fiscal year (FY) 2011 investments in job-creating businesses, infrastructure and housing for Americans living in rural communities across the nation on Jan. 17. According to estimates, Rural Development investments created or saved about 440,000 jobs last year.