Trump's Plan to Zero Out Funding for Agency Aiding Appalachia Isn't Playing Well in Congress

Route Fifty: WASHINGTON — President Trump’s plan to defund an agency that focuses on economic development in Appalachian states encountered bipartisan pushback in Congress on Wednesday.

Trump has called for eliminating funding for the Appalachian Regional Commission in his fiscal year 2018 budget proposal. But a California Democrat and an Ohio Republican both raised concerns about that cut as White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testified Wednesday about the president’s spending plan before a Budget Committee in the U.S. House.

In the current budget cycle, the commission was allotted $152 million.

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