Sens. Crapo, Risch, Bipartisan Western Senators Press White House to Extend Critical Lifeline Funding in the Future Disaster Aid Request
The senators pushed for a two-year reauthorization of the Secure
The payments expired last year, leaving counties without certainty about how to fund these foundational 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
"Roads go unpaved and become unsafe. Mental and physical health services are scaled back or even ended. Fewer and fewer law enforcement officers are forced to patrol larger and larger areas.
"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
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.
In addition to Crapo and Risch, the other senators who signed the letter are Sens.
In May, a bipartisan group of senators, including Crapo and Risch, introduced legislation to extend the SRS program for two years.
Read today's letter here.https://www.crapo.senate.gov/download/oct17-crapo-wyden-letter-on-srs-to-wh-and-omb
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