Rural Area Revitalization Act of 1987 and the Rural Development Reorganization Act of 1987: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural Development of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 1800 and H.R. 2026, May 19, 1987 |
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Page 93 - ... more efficient technology. And there is a work force in which that ethic is engrained. These qualities and facilities comprise a sound, strong foundation on which to build for rural America's future. And, Mr. Chairman, we've talked economics and jobs and banking and deregulation here today. But, I think it is important to maintain some perspective on what it is we're trying to preserve. What we're after here is the maintenance of a life and workstyle that is basic to this country's development...
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Page 88 - For example, hundreds of co-ops are making use of a "how to" manual on economic development compiled and disseminated by the NRECA staff. The manual is designed to provide community leaders with information on matters such as promoting job creation from existing local business and industry, attracting new employers to the community, improving a community's potential as a location for economic investment, and preparing an economic development plan. These are but a few of the programs rural electric...
Page 159 - We are living in the time of the parenthesis, the time between eras. It is as though we have bracketed off the present from both the past and the future, for we are neither here nor there. We have not quite left behind the either/or America of the past — centralized, industrialized and economically self-contained . . . But we have not embraced the future either. We have done the human thing: we are clinging to the known past in fear of the unknown future...
Page 205 - ... services and have ongoing investment activities. The Chamber favors strengthened international competitiveness and opposes artificial US and foreign barriers to international business. Positions on national issues are developed by a cross-section of Chamber members serving on committees, subcommittees, and task forces Currently, some 1,800 business people participate in this process. STATEMENT OF WILLIAM J.
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Page 266 - United States Code, is 7 amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 8 sections : 9 . "DEFINITIONS 10 "SEC. 3315. For purposes of section 3316 through sec11 tion 3324— 2 1 "(1) the term 'Federal office...
Page 98 - Cooperatives provide financial services to over 3,200 agricultural cooperatives and rural utility systems. The banks currently have about $8 billion in loans outstanding. Many of the major issues facing the Banks for Cooperatives...