LAND AND AGRICULTURE
On June 6, 2019, President Trump signed the disaster relief bill that
provided $19 billion in assistance to states and territories hit by
flooding, hurricanes, wildfires, and other natural disasters, including
farmers hit by a delayed planting season.
President Trump signed the 2018 Farm Bill which legalized the
Production of industrial Hemp.
The Department of Agriculture issued guidance that would give
more flexibility to state operations of the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP).
• The new program maximized flexibility and holds states more
accountable for the delivery of food benefits.
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
The Department of the Interior proposed its largest oil and gas lease
of over 78 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico.
• President Trump signed an Executive Order to expand
offshore oil and gas drilling and open more leases to develop
offshore drilling.
• President Trump and his administration acted aggressively to
increase exports of energy resources to the global market.
• This allowed financing for coal and fossil energy projects.
• The Department of Energy announced the approval of the Lake
Charles Liquefied Natural Gas terminal.
• American LNG export opportunities increased under the
Trump administration.
President Trump has approved the infrastructure and provided the
resources needed to unleash oil and gas production in the US.
• The administration approved the Keystone XL and Dakota
Access pipelines, supporting an estimated total of 42,000 jobs
and $2 billion in wages.
• The administration announced the approval of the New
Burgos Pipeline, a cross-border project that will export US
gasoline to Mexico.
• The Trump administration reversed President Obama’s
moratorium on new leases for oil and gas development on
federal lands.
President Trump rescinded President Obama’s costly Clean Power
Plan and instead has proposed the Affordable Clean Energy Rule.
• According to NERA Economic Consulting, the CPP would have
increased electricity rates by as much as 14 percent, costing
American households up to $79 billion.
• The Affordable Clean Energy Rule will reduce greenhouse
gasses, empower states, promote energy independence, and
facilitate economic growth and job creation.
In addition to the Clean Power Plan, the Trump administration has
rescinded many costly Obama-Era regulations.
• The EPA has rescinded President Obama’s methane emissions
rule that would cost American energy developers an estimated
$530 million annually.
• The EPA is reviewing a rule that if rescinded would
relax costly fuel standards and save $340 billion in
regulatory costs.
President Trump announced his intent to withdraw the US from the
unfair Paris Climate Agreement.
In May 2017, the Trump administration created a Superfund task
force designed to streamline the Superfund cleanup program.
• The Superfund task force has designated 10 sites for
“immediate, intense action.”
RELAUNCHING THE SMART SECTORS PROGRAM
EPA has re-launched launched the Smart Sectors Program to partner
with the private sector to achieve better environmental outcomes.
The lead for each sector serves as the ombudsmen within the
respective agency across program offices, conducts educational
site tours, analyzes data, and advises options for environmental
improvement, and develops reports that profile the impact of
each sector.
It also works to streamline EPA practices and operations.
EXPANDING AMERICAN ENERGY
• Signed legislation to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
to domestic energy production.
• Approved the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines,
with 42,000 jobs and $2 billion in earnings.
• Repealed the Clean Power Plan, a regulation estimated to
increase energy costs by billions.
• Kept campaign promise to get America out of the Paris
Climate Agreement.
HEALTHCARE
President Trump has worked to improve access to affordable quality
health care.
• The Department of Agriculture provided more than $1 billion in
FY 2017 to be used to improve access to health care services
for 2.5 million people in rural communities.
• The Trump administration expanded access to Association
Health Plans (AHPs) allowing small business to pool risk
across states.
• The Trump Administration allows for Short-Term Limited
Duration plans to be extended up to 12 months.
As part of the landmark Tax Cuts and Jobs Act President Trump
repealed the individual mandate, which forced people to buy
expensive insurance and taxed those who could not afford it.
• The mandate disproportionately hurt the poor: 80% of those
affected made less than $50,000.
President Trump signed a six-year extension of CHIP to fund
healthcare for 9 million.
President Trump has mobilized his entire administration to address
drug addiction and opioid abuse by declaring the opioid crisis a
nationwide public health emergency.
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