The US House Appropriations Committee recently passed a funding bill securing multiple benefits for agriculture.

Congresswoman Cheri Bustos, a Democrat from Illinois, tells Brownfield she is most proud of the critical funds secured for water infrastructure and rural broadband.

“We have almost $1.5 billion for water projects and $1 billion for broadband which includes $990 million for the USDA’s Reconnect Program.”

Bustos says those were the top two concerns in a survey of her constituents.

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