Trump's Proposal to Scrap the Agency Devoted to Developing Appalachia
The Appalachian Regional Commission distributes grants in states that voted for the president, and works to revitalize coal-mining communities.
The White House released President Trump’s wish-list for the federal budget on Thursday, and outlined in it, among other domestic-spending cuts, is a proposal to totally eliminate funding for . While Trump’s decision to cut the Corporation for Public Broadcasting— an agency dedicated to journalism—and the National Endowment for the Arts notable is his apparent desire to eliminate a federal agency created to improve the lives of many of his own supporters: the Appalachian Regional Commission.
