Posted on 03/11/2003 9:21:45 AM PST by Willie Green
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:35:02 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
HAGERSTOWN, Md. -- Congressional representatives from the 13 Appalachian Mountain states will fight the Bush administration's proposed 50 percent cut in regional economic development funds, Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, R-Md., said Monday.
The plan to slash Appalachian Regional Commission funding to $33 million in fiscal year 2004 from the $66 million that the joint federal-state agency received this year could hurt struggling workers and their families, Bartlett said.
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