We must do everything possible to help our rural communities to not just survive but thrive.
Will work to help rural communities not just survive but thrive.
Occurrences
We must do everything possible to help our rural communities to not just survive but thrive.
We must do everything possible to help our rural communities to not just survive but thrive.
We must do everything possible to help our rural communities to not just survive but thrive and access to broadband throughout the district is critical.
it builds on the foundation we laid... and finishes the job by reauthorizing key farm bill programs, expanding market access, improving access to credit, and investing in rural infrastructure like broadband, health care, and water systems.
investing in rural development
Our bill shrinks the childcare desert in rural communities and ensures parents who want to work can do so while having resources to care for their children.
Evidence
"We must do everything possible to help our rural communities to not just survive but thrive and access to broadband throughout the district is critical."
The bill text states it would "authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out an initiative to develop, expand, and improve rural childcare"; the page shows it was introduced in the House on September 15, 2025, by Rep. Perez with Mr. Mann as a cosponsor.
Congress.gov lists Rep. Tracey Mann as sponsor of H.R.5198, introduced September 8, 2025, to maintain standards for qualification as a rural health clinic under Medicare; the latest action shown is referral to committee.
The office said Mann voted to advance the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 out of the House Agriculture Committee and that the bill would invest in rural development, expand market access, and lower energy costs.
Congress.gov lists Rep. Tracey Mann as sponsor of H.R.4601, introduced July 22, 2025, to modernize farm-related commercial driver's license rules; the bill was referred to committee/subcommittee and not enacted as of the latest action shown.
Mann's campaign page said the Big First is one of the most rural districts in the country and stated: "We must do everything possible to help our rural communities to not just survive but thrive and access to broadband throughout the district is critical."
Congress.gov lists H.R.5198, the Rural Health Clinic Location Modernization Act of 2025, with Rep. Tracey Mann as sponsor, introduced September 8, 2025. The latest action shown is referral to the House Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means Committees, and the bill status is Introduced.
Congress.gov lists H.R.4601, the Seasonal Agriculture CDL Modernization Act, with Rep. Tracey Mann as sponsor, introduced July 22, 2025. The latest action shown is referral to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, and the bill status is Introduced.
Congress.gov lists H.R.5363, the Expanding Childcare in Rural America Act of 2025, introduced September 15, 2025, referred to the House Agriculture Committee, with three cosponsors and bill status Introduced.
The House Agriculture Committee page lists Tracey Mann as Chairman for the Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee and describes its jurisdiction over livestock, poultry, dairy, seafood, inspection, marketing, promotion, aquaculture, animal welfare, grazing, and related oversight.
The House Agriculture Committee stated that the House passed the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 by a 224-200 vote and described the legislation as work on behalf of farmers, ranchers, and rural communities.
The House Agriculture Committee chair said the 2026 farm bill was informed by more than 150 listening sessions with farmers, ranchers, and rural communities, included or drew upon 150 bipartisan marker bills, and passed committee with strong bipartisan support.
Congress.gov lists H.R.7567, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026, introduced February 13, 2026, referred to the House Agriculture Committee, and shows no enacted-law status in the fetched record.
Congress.gov shows H.R.3684 became Public Law 117-58 on November 15, 2021. The CRS summary says the law provided new funding for infrastructure projects including broadband, roads, bridges, water infrastructure, power and grid reliability, resiliency, and other categories.
The Clerk's roll-call page for H.R.3684 shows the motion passed 228-206 on November 5, 2021. The individual vote list records Rep. Mann of Kansas as voting Nay.
Assessments
Mann took multiple same-term actions aligned with rural revitalization, including sponsoring rural health and agricultural transportation bills, cosponsoring rural childcare legislation, holding a relevant Agriculture Committee leadership role, and helping advance a farm bill with rural-development provisions. However, the cited Mann-backed bills were not enacted in the record provided, the farm bill had not become law, and he voted against the enacted infrastructure law that included broadband funding, a component explicitly named in the promise. This supports meaningful effort and partial progress, but not full delivery of the broad promised outcome.
Mann took concrete same-term actions aligned with the promise, including sponsoring rural health and agriculture legislation, cosponsoring a rural childcare bill, and voting in committee to advance a farm bill with rural-development provisions. That shows meaningful work to support rural communities. But the evidence does not show that these efforts were enacted or that they produced clear, attributable outcomes proving rural communities were made to 'thrive,' so full delivery is not established.
The promise is broad and outcome-oriented: helping rural communities thrive, with broadband named as a key example. The evidence shows multiple concrete official actions in the same term tied to rural development, rural childcare, rural health clinics, farm/agriculture logistics, and committee advancement of farm bill provisions. However, the record provided does not show that these efforts were enacted or produced the promised broad outcome of rural communities thriving, and several bills remained at committee or introduction stages. This supports meaningful progress and effort, but not full delivery.