RUPRI President Chuck Fluharty presented House Ag Committee Testimony on February 15 to the RD Subcommittee, regarding rural definitions in Farm Bill programming. Subsequently, he was asked by Ranking Member Costa to submit a formal question response regarding the possibility of RD/CDBG integration, to advance regional rural collaboration, across federal agencies.
Click here to access Chuck Fluharty's response to Ranking Member Costa.
Click here for the Chuck Fluharty's Written Statement for the Record, for the Testimony on February 15, 2011.
An audio and video of the hearing is available on the House Agriculture website, along with the written statement for the record of all participants:
http://agriculture.house.gov/hearings/hearingDetails.aspx?NewsID=1311