Safe drinking water. water and sewer facilities for industrial sites and better housing reach many more communities in this once isolated region. Perhaps the best indicators of progress are the decisions of people to choose to live in Appalachia. They no longer are leaving. The region now enjoys a substantial net immigration as our young people are able to find opportunities at home. The job is not yet done as the Governors have pointed out in their report. For example. the 20 Appalachian counties in northeastern Mississippi need the kind of help proposed in H.R. 10 to achieve a level of development for continued progress.
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