Derrick Van Orden: “The EDA projects are critical to rural communities in my…”

“And I encourage our Governor to look to the federal government and to this bipartisan, bicameral bill for sanity, which for me to say that is quite, quite a thing. Finally, this package reauthorizes and modernizes the Economic Development Administration. And The EDA projects are critical to rural communities in my district. And this reauthorization specifically helps our rural communities. And with that, I encourage my colleagues to vote for this bill and I yield back.” (02:06–02:13)

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