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Washington Overview<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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President Biden\u2019s Team is Coming Together<\/h3>\n

Following his inauguration on the 20th<\/sup>, President Biden\u2019s cabinet team has been rapidly coming together. So far top-level picks such as Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken have been confirmed, with votes on Secretary of Transportation nominee Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandra Mayorkas, and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo expected soon. As well, President Biden has moved faster than most previous administrations in appointing thousands of lower-level political positions throughout agencies in order to jumpstart his agenda.<\/p>\n

President Biden Lays Out COVID-19 Relief Plan<\/h3>\n

With his cabinet coming together, President Biden has laid out his first legislative priority: a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. In the $1.9 trillion package are another round of stimulus checks at $1,400, billions of dollars in aid for schools, state and local governments, small businesses, unemployment benefits, and vaccine distribution. As well, the package includes larger overhauls including an increase to a $15 minimum wage, expanded paid leave for workers, increased tax credits for families with children, and an extension of an eviction moratorium. Despite efforts from the White House to gain Republican support for the bill, no Republican has indicated support for the current version and so, while the White House continues outreach, Democrats in the House and Senate are already pushing the bill through the complicated budget reconciliation process which will only require the support of Democrats to pass.<\/p>\n

President Biden Signs a Flurry of Executive Orders<\/h3>\n

Like all other modern Presidential administrations, President Biden has spent his first week in office signing numerous executive orders. These orders generally target one of the four crises which his team has identified as the largest currently facing America, including COVID-19, the economic downturn, social justice, and climate change. As well President Biden has signed a number of miscellaneous orders targeting traditional Democratic priorities.<\/p>\n

On COVID-19 Biden has signed orders to invoke the Defense Production Act to increase necessary vaccine supplies, purchase 200 million more vaccine doses, mandate masks on Federal property and interstate travel, require negative coronavirus tests to travel to the United States, create task forces focused on supply chains and equitable access, and canceled plans to leave the World Health Organization.<\/p>\n

On the economic crisis, President Biden has signed an extended eviction moratorium, paused federal student loan payments, directed government agencies to have $15 minimum wage for all government contractors, signed a \u2018buy American\u2019 memorandum for Federal agencies, and created workplace COVID-19 protections.<\/p>\n

On social justice, President Biden has signed orders to emphasize diversity in allocating Federal funds, end Department of Justice contracts with private prisons, condemn xenophobia against Asian Americans due to the origins of the coronavirus in China, end the ban on transgender service in the military, enforce sex discrimination rules in the case of LGBT+ individuals, place a moratorium on deportations for 100 days, end construction of the border wall, end the ban on individuals entering the US from certain Muslim-majority countries, and strengthen DACA protections.<\/p>\n

On climate change, President Biden has signed orders to rejoin the Paris Climate Accords, cancel permits for the Keystone XL pipeline, place a moratorium on new oil and gas leases on Federal land, paused pending environmental orders from the Trump administration and placed many others under review to likely be rescinded, and created various climate policy councils and task forces to focus the administration\u2019s efforts to combat climate change.<\/p>\n

President Biden has also signed many other miscellaneous orders and will likely continue to issue executive orders at a rapid pace through the early weeks of his administration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Agriculture and Food
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Pandemic Relief for Agriculture<\/h3>\n

On December 28, President Trump signed the Emergency Coronavirus Relief Act of 2020 which included $900 billion to combat the pandemic and $1.4 trillion in annual appropriations to run the federal government for FY21.\u00a0 \u00a0Agriculture and food assistance relief provisions include:<\/p>\n

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  • Expanded hunger and food assistance<\/li>\n
  • Market loss payments to row crop producers, cattle producers, dairymen and contract growers<\/li>\n
  • Purchase of agricultural products for feeding programs<\/li>\n
  • Loans to food processors, distributors, farmers markets and others<\/li>\n
  • Support to offshore aquaculture<\/li>\n
  • Support to timber harvesting and hauling businesses<\/li>\n
  • Additional funding for local agricultural market programs, farmer training and outreach, specialty crop block grants, farmer stress programs and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    In early January, Agriculture Secretary Perdue authorized an additional $1.5 billion food purchase to be distributed through the Farmers to Families Food Box program.\u00a0 Then on January 23, President Biden signed an executive order increasing SNAP (food stamp) benefits and expanding them to the over 40 percent of recipients who are already at the maximum benefit.\u00a0 Hunger among Americans is growing more serious.\u00a0 According to a recent Census Bureau tracking survey, 14 percent of all adults reported their household didn\u2019t have enough to eat the previous week.<\/p>\n

    Agencies Fight Over Animal Biotechnology<\/h3>\n

    In mid-January, Secretary Perdue and Admiral Brett Giroir, M.D., head of the Public Health Service, signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the regulation of agricultural animal biotechnology innovation.\u00a0 The MOU gives USDA animal biology regulatory oversight and FDA will ensure the safety of products derived from new technologies and animals developed using genetic engineering.\u00a0 USDA already is the lead agency regulating plant biotechnology.\u00a0 Since the signing however, FDA Commissioner Stephan Hahn has pushed back on the idea of sharing regulatory jurisdiction.<\/p>\n

    Who Owns the Biggest Farm?<\/h3>\n

    We probably wouldn\u2019t have guessed the fourth wealthiest person in the world, Bill Gates, is America\u2019s largest private owner of farmland with 242,000 acres in 18 states across the country.\u00a0 But Gates is not the largest total landowner.\u00a0 That spot goes to Liberty Media Chair John Malone who owns 2.2 million acres of ranches and forests.\u00a0\u00a0 CNN founder Ted Turner owns 2 million acres of ranch land across eight states.\u00a0 Even Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is investing in land with 420,000 acres mainly in west Texas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Agriculture and Climate Change<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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President Biden\u2019s executive order signed on January 27 brings the agriculture sector into the federal government\u2019s thrust on climate change.\u00a0 The order directs USDA to gather input from farmers, ranchers and other stakeholders on how to use federal programs to encourage adoption of climate-smart ag practices that produce verifiable carbon reductions and sequestrations, and to create new sources of income and jobs for rural residents.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Health Care<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Rural Residents Hesitant on COVID Vaccination<\/h3>\n

A December Kaiser Family Foundation poll reported rural respondents gave three main reasons for refusing vaccination:<\/p>\n

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  • They were not worried that they or a family member would become infected<\/li>\n
  • The seriousness of the pandemic is overblown<\/li>\n
  • Vaccination is more of a personal choice than a community responsibility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    \u00a0The groups most likely to be vaccine-hesitant are Republicans, people ages 30-49 and rural residents in that order.\u00a0 The groups most likely to get vaccinated are Democrats, households with serious health conditions and urban residents in that order.\u00a0 The survey noted, however, vaccine hesitancy has been steadily dropping since September.\u00a0 Another barrier to vaccination in rural areas is access.\u00a0 One in three rural counties do not have a pharmacy connected to a national chain or network that has signed on to participate in the federal COVID Vaccine program.<\/p>\n

    Overall Vaccination Acceptance Up<\/h3>\n

    Morning Consult is tracking the public\u2019s attitudes on vaccination, social distancing, and comfort, plus political and institutional leadership.\u00a0 The share of adults who now say they would get a COVID-19 vaccine hit 60 percent for the first time since July.\u00a0 Interestingly, there is even a partisan divide on vaccination with 74 percent of Democrats and 49 percent of Republicans indicating they would get vaccinated.\u00a0 Vaccine willingness is up 19 percentage points among Hispanic adults and 10 percent among Black adults.<\/p>\n

    Drug Overdose Deaths Rise<\/h3>\n

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports overdose deaths have accelerated during the pandemic with over 81,000 drug overdose deaths between May,2019 and May,2020.\u00a0 Synthetic opioids like fentanyl have driven much of the increase.\u00a0 The National Association of Counties has conducted research on the opioid epidemic that concentrated on the multistate area surrounding the Appalachian Mountains.\u00a0 NAC found the best solutions came through local leadership spearheading a movement of educating community leaders on the effects of drug addiction and providing local resources to combat addiction (similar to the Grange work with RALI).<\/p>\n

    Early Detection Cancer Screening<\/h3>\n

    According to the National Grange and a large number of health care advocates and patient groups, Medicare should cover new categories of multicancer screening for early detection of many forms of cancer.\u00a0 Early detection of cancer saves lives, lowers treatment costs and increases the quality of life for patients and their families.\u00a0 The groups cosigned a letter urging Congress to pass authorizing legislation to shorten FDA approval time for early detection tests.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Infrastructure<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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The National Grange joined over 200 agriculture, food, rural, business, community and other groups on a letter to President Biden asking for his support for rebuilding the infrastructure of rural America.\u00a0 These needs include roads, bridges, waterways, broadband, health care, water systems, housing and more. \u00a0The group suggested an approach that would pair federal resources with state, local and private sources of capital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Telecommunications<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Broadband Funds in Relief Package<\/h3>\n

The $900 billion COVID relief package provides $7 billion in new broadband funding that includes these new priorities:<\/p>\n

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  • Purchase of connectivity and devices for low-income individuals<\/li>\n
  • Additional connectivity for unserved areas and low-income communities<\/li>\n
  • Telehealth expansion<\/li>\n
  • Broadband mapping support (to determine the availability of access)<\/li>\n
  • Additional funding for state and local online learning technology and connectivity<\/li>\n
  • Support for the Distance Learning, Telemedicine and Broadband Program administered by USDA<\/li>\n
  • Support for small telecommunications companies to replace Huawei\/ZTE equipment with secure equipment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    More Telehealth<\/h3>\n

    Health care visits by broadband households increased from 15% in 2019 to 41% in 2020.\u00a0 Widespread adoption of virtual care is rapidly increasing the demand for ways to integrate connected devices with physician workflows to meet patient demand.<\/p>\n

    Closing Rural Telehealth Gaps<\/h3>\n

    \u00a0The Health Resources and Services Administration has been awarded $8 million to fund the Telehealth Broadband Pilot project to access the broadband capacity available to rural health care providers and patient communities.\u00a0 Also created was the Rural Broadband Initiative, a cross-cutting, multi-department move to coordinate programs working to expand and improve telehealth access.<\/p>\n

    Congress Asks for Accountability<\/h3>\n

    A broad bipartisan coalition if 153 senators and representatives is asking the Federal Communications Commission to thoroughly vet the $9 billion in rural broadband funding awarded to internet providers last year through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund.\u00a0 The legislators are urging the commission to validate that each provider has the technical, financial, managerial, and operational skills to deliver the services they\u2019ve pledged.\u00a0 The RDOF is designed to close the digital divide that has existed since the beginning of the internet by investing in the construction of rural broadband networks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Perspective<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"\"<\/td>\nThe family is more sacred than the state.\u00a0 ~\u00a0 Pope Pius XI<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nCherish your human connections \u2013 your relationship with friends and family.\u00a0 ~\u00a0 Barbara Bush<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nIn every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.\u00a0 ~\u00a0 Alex Haley<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nThe love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.\u00a0 ~\u00a0 Charles Kuralt<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nYou are born into your family and your family is born into you.\u00a0 No returns.\u00a0 No exchanges.\u00a0 ~\u00a0 Elizabeth Berg<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nThe family that prays together stays together.\u00a0 ~\u00a0 Al Scalpone<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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