Sens. Cantwell, Murray, Bipartisan Group of Western Senators Press White House to Extend Critical Lifeline Funding in Disaster Aid Request
Today,
The senators pushed for a two-year reauthorization of the Secure
The payments expired last year, leaving counties uncertain as to how to fund these essential services in rural areas.
"We have seen firsthand the hardships rural counties face as a result of SRS authorization lapsing. Without the certainty of SRS payments, schools, libraries, and jails will close..." the senators wrote in a letter to Trump and
"In the interest of working together in a bipartisan way to support local rural communities, we ask that you and Director Mulvaney work with the
Counties received their last SRS funds in
The lack of certainty about SRS funding comes at a time when rural communities in the West are also being hit by record-breaking fire seasons that have been exacerbated by the federal government's broken system of wildfire funding.
The senators who signed the letter are: Cantwell, Murray,
In May, a bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation to extend the SRS program for two years.
Read today's letter here.https://www.cantwell.senate.gov/download/srs-disaster-funding-letter
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