President Biden Highlights Investments in Rural America
Apr 4, 2024 | Talking Points
- Yesterday, President Biden kicked off the administration’s Investing in Rural America Event Series to highlight the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to delivering for rural America.
- The president announced over $5 billion in new investments in rural America from his Bidenomics agenda – including the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act. These investments include:
- $1.7 billion to support the adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices, including a historic investment in conservation,
- $1.1 billion to shore up and modernize rural infrastructure,
- $2 billion to fund economic development projects that will help create jobs and increase access to quality health care, affordable housing, and clean water and energy,
- $274 million to expand access to rural high-speed internet, and
- $145 million to expand access to renewable energy and lower energy costs.
- Meanwhile, Donald Trump and other 2024 MAGA Republicans have yearslong records of gutting support for farmers and ranchers and leaving rural American communities behind.
- Rural communities repeatedly suffered under Donald Trump’s extreme MAGA agenda that sought to gut support for farmers and ranchers who struggled through a multiyear slump in the U.S. farm economy under his watch,
- Ron DeSantis has opposed crucial agricultural and economic aid to rural communities throughout his political career, including refusing to push for Medicaid expansion in Florida and axing money from a budget that would have gone to farmers as part of a rural conservation program,
- Nikki Haley consistently rejected support for rural South Carolinians, including vetoing crucial disaster relief for farmers affected by severe flooding,
- And Tim Scott has a long history of opposing aid for rural farmers, families, and communities.
