Congresswoman Cheri Bustos statement on Washington Republicans partisan “Farm Bill”
The Farm Bill passed through the House Agriculture Committee today along a party-line vote. If this bill becomes law, it will harm small towns by slashing $500 million from rural development, cutting $800 million in conservation spending, stripping farmers of crop insurance choices and it’s projected to kick one million working poor off nutrition assistance. […]
Bustos, Durbin, Duckworth announce more than $3 million in Department of Transportation Funding For Rock Island County Mass Transit
MOLINE, IL –U.S. Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) and U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) announced $3,165,000 in grant funding for the Rock Island Co. Metropolitan Mass Transit District (MetroLINK). The funding, awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Bus and Bus Infrastructure Program, will be used to purchase electric buses, charging […]
USDA Adopts Bustos’ Bipartisan Strategy to Combat Opioids Addiction in Rural America
Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (D-IL) and Senator Donnelly (D-IN) introduced bipartisan legislation in July of 2017 to help rural communities combat the opioid epidemic EAST MOLINE– Today, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (D-IL) announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will give funding priority in two key grant programs to help combat the opioid epidemic in […]
Congresswoman Bustos’ Bill to Rename the Fairview Post Office in Honor of Sgt. Douglas Riney Signed into Law
Sgt. Riney died defending our freedom in Kabul, Afghanistan on October 19, 2016 leaving behind his wife Kylie, his two children, James and Elea, and a community that will never forget his sacrifice FAIRVIEW, IL —Today Congresswoman Bustos announced that her bill renaming the Fairview Post Office as the “Sergeant Douglas J. Riney Post Office” […]