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| Tom Steyer |
- Protect the rights of local governments, nonprofits and cooperatives to build their own broadband networks.
- Fund $135 billion in Rural Utilities Service grants and loans, along with private loans, to encourage broadband buildout; some money would be set aside for disadvantaged communities, tribal lands and communities where minorities constitute the majority.
- Increase investment in rural hospitals, including telemedicine.
- Forgive student loans for some rural health care providers.
- Fight the opioid epidemic with $75 billion over 10 years for treatment programs and more.
- Hold pharmaceutical companies accountable for their role in the opioid epidemic.
- Help rural seniors age in place with in-home assistance.
- Require insurers to cover mental health, dental and vision.
- Expand mobile clinics to more rural areas.
- Increase funding and attention to rural maternity and childbirth facilities and providers.
- Expand the Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service.
- Reverse Trump administration actions that have reduced access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps.
- Increase rural volunteerism through Americorps and Climate Corps funding.
- Increase funding to make rural drinking water cleaner.
- Support free trade policies that will help American farmers.
- Enforce antitrust laws in agriculture to protect family farmers.
- Go after predatory lenders in rural areas and increase financial literacy education.
- Allocate $50 billion to encourage young and family farmers to implement more climate-friendly practices.
- Shut down hardship waivers for oil refiners under the Renewable Fuel Standard program.
- Invest in various rural renewable energy programs.
- Increase funding for wildfire reduction in forests.
- Divert more funds to upgrading and maintaining public lands.
The Rural Blog reports major statements by presidential candidates about rural policy.
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