comprehensively improve the Nation’s public health and medical preparedness and response capabilities for emergencies, whether deliberate, accidental, or natural. PUBLIC HEALTH GRANTS The Chamber will advocate for federal public health grant dollars to be allocated directly to local city-county health departments. TRIBAL AND RURAL HEALTH CARE/JOINT VENTURE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM The Chamber will protect and enhance federal support for tribal and rural health care including, but not limited to, the Joint Venture Construction Program which is a premiere example of federal-tribal partnership to ensure availability of first-class tribal health care infrastructure.
Transportation
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING The Chamber ultimately supports adequate funding for the annual reauthorization of the federal surface transportation program, with continuation of a responsible formula allocation to the states. The Chamber will work with the Oklahoma congressional delegation and ODOT to secure a permanent funding solution for the Federal Highway Trust Fund (including mass transit programs).
The Chamber supports adequate funding levels to properly maintain the national transportation system.
FEDERAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT GRANTS The Chamber supports continued funding for the following federal
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