[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 145 (Thursday, September 27, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S12281]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     PROJECTS SPONSORSHIP--S. 1745

  Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, as chairwoman of the Appropriations 
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and related agencies, I 
rise today to clarify for the U.S. Senate the sponsorship of several 
congressionally designated projects included in the report accompanying 
S. 1745, the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008, S. Rpt. 110-124. Specifically:
  The report should indicate that funding provided through the 
Department of Justice for the Presidential Candidate Nominating 
Conventions for 2008 was requested by Senators Allard, Coleman, 
Klobuchar, and Salazar.
  Senator Levin should be listed as having requested funding for Grand 
Rapids Public Schools, Grand Rapids, MI, for an academic prevention and 
workforce skills program funded through the Department of Justice.
  Senator Stabenow should be listed as having requested funding for the 
Ruth Ellis Center, Highland Park, MI, for an outreach program funded 
through the Department of Justice.
  Senators Schumer and Bill Nelson should not be listed as having 
requested funding for Regional Climate Centers funded through the 
Department of Commerce.
  Finally, Senator McCaskill has withdrawn her request for the 
following activities funded through the Department of Justice: Rape, 
Abuse & Incest National Network, RAINN, Partnership for a Drug Free 
America Meth360 Program, and Big Brothers, Big Sisters.

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