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Farm Bureau leader likes infrastructure proposal, concerned about tax hike
IFB President Craig Hill.
As members of Congress weigh the merits of President Biden’s two-trillion dollar infrastructure plan, a report shows Iowa has nearly 1,800 bridges in need of repair or replacement.
Iowa Farm Bureau President Craig Hill says infrastructure is a critical issue for farmers and ranchers. “Those bridges and those roads are incredibly important to get product into our farms and product off of our farms,” Hill says. “It’s just incredibly important to us that we have a very efficient transportation system.”
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A recent report from the American Road and Transportation Builders Association shows 36-percent or 220,000 U.S. bridges need to be repaired or replaced. Iowa tops the list for the worst condition for bridges with nearly 1800 bridges. Iowa Farm Bureau President Craig Hill says infrastructure is a critical issue for farmers and ranchers who need a reliable system to get their goods to market.
He says much of the burden of repairing or replacing those bridges falls on the farmer.
Iowa raised the gas tax by 5-cents a few years ago to help pay for infrastructure, but there are no new funding bills in the Iowa legislature. Right now they’re focused on the President’s infrastructure bill and says it has both positives and negatives.
Des Moines Register
From money for shuttered performance venues to aid for farmers, Iowans are looking forward to receiving long-awaited help from a $900 billion coronavirus stimulus package that won congressional approval this week.
The sweeping package comes more than nine months into the coronavirus pandemic, sending millions of Americans direct payments and providing a fresh round of forgivable loans to thousands of small businesses struggling to stay open.
Congress, which had been negotiating over a second stimulus package since late summer, approved it late Monday though unexpected objections President Donald Trump raised late Tuesday, as he demanded larger payments to individuals, cast uncertainty on when the bill will take effect and whether it could undergo further revisions.
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From money for shuttered performance venues to aid for farmers, Iowans are looking forward to receiving long-awaited help from a $900 billion coronavirus stimulus package that won congressional approval this week.
The sweeping package comes more than nine months into the coronavirus pandemic, sending millions of Americans direct payments and providing a fresh round of forgivable loans to thousands of small businesses struggling to stay open.
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