APPALACHIAN VOICES

Ensuring adequate insurance levels for coal mining reclamation and black lung insurance. no specific bill numbers yet. Oppose H.R. 1 due to cuts to Medicaid.

Ensure adequate benefits for miners with black lung disease. Ensure adequate funding for MSHA and DOL to protect miners' health and safety. Support funding for reentry employment opportunities, registered apprenticeships, workforce innovation and opportunity act training and employment services grants, OSHA, and NIOSh in FY 26 appropriations bills. No specific bill numbers yet.

Oppose H.R. 1 due to cuts to manufacturing programs.

Oppose H.R. 1 due to cuts to SNAP / nutrition programs. Support for funding for the Rural Disaster Home Repair Program, WIC, SNAP, food assistance, Rural Partners Network, and Rural Energy for America Program in FY26 appropriations bills (no bill #s). Oppose cuts, rescissions, and freezes to funding to USDA Rural Energy for America, New ERA, and PACE programs related to clean energy.

Coal mining bankruptcies, lobbying for legislation to ensure money for reclamation after coal bankruptcies. No bill #s.

Support for funding in appropriations bills for OSMRE, MSHA, OSHA, EDA, USDA, FEMA, USGS, AmeriCorps, CDFI, Appalachian Regional Commission, clean energy, economic development, and rural energy. No specific bill numbers. Oppose H.R. 1 due to cuts to clean energy, health care, nutrition programs and environmental protections.

Oppose H.R. 1 due to provisions to circumvent clean air and clean water protections by expediting permitting review, granting automatic approvals for certain infrastructure projects, and repeal of EPA clean air programs. Oppose cuts to EPA funding in appropriations bills (no bill #s).

Support S. 267, H.R. 76 to provide for reimbursement of repairs to private roads and bridges in North Carolina damaged by Tropical Storm Helene. Support funding for FEMA, Rural Disaster Home Repair Program, flood mitigation assistance, priority streamgages network, USGS funding in FY 26 appropriations (no bill #s). Provide feedback on FEMA reform bills to members of Congress. Oppose rescission and freezing of funds for disaster relief provided through FEMA and EPA.

Support funding in FY26 appropriations bills for economic development efforts in Appalachia (no bill numbers yet), including Appalachian Regional Commission, EDA, EPA, and USDA programs. Oppose H.R. 1 due to ending programs supporting economic development in rural and Appalachian communities.

Support for H.R. 1373, H.R 144, and S. 1354 related to TVA transparency and salary transparency, and the TVA IRP bill (no bill numbers) related to improving TVA's IRP process. Oppose new nominees to TVA board.

Oppose H.R. 1 due to expedited permitting processes for oil, gas, and coal, lower royalty rates for oil, gas, and coal, and expanded drilling and mining on public lands.

Support for funding for NIOSH and coal workers programs to prevent black lung disease. No specific bill numbers. Oppose H.R. 1 due to cuts to Medicaid. Support legislation to improve benefits for miners with black lung disease (no bill #).

Ensure reclamation of coal mines. No specific bill numbers yet. Oppose cuts to EPA programs in FY 26 appropriations (no bill #s). Oppose H.R. 1 due to mandatory mining, drilling, and deforestation on public lands, and repeal of EPA programs.

No activities this quarter.

Oppose H.R. 1 due to repeal of clean energy and manufacturing tax credits and tax cuts for billionaires.

Support funding for Department of Housing and Urban Affairs in FY 26 appropriations.

Oppose H.R. 1 due to cuts to EPA programs. Support funding for EPA in FY 26 appropriations bills.