[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 195 (Wednesday, December 19, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S15989]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              EXPLANATORY STATEMENT TO ACCOMPANY H.R. 2664

  Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, the explanatory statement to accompany 
H.R. 2764, which includes the Omnibus Appropriations Act for fiscal 
year 2008, inadvertently omitted the following items for which I had 
made a request to the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration and Related Agencies Subcommittee and for which I had 
submitted the appropriate letter of pecuniary interest. Those items 
are: under the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension 
Service Special Research Grants account, the Pacific Northwest Small 
Fruit Research Center for Idaho, Oregon and Washington, operated in 
cooperation with Washington State University, which was awarded 
$329,000; under the Agriculture Research Service Salaries & Expenses 
account, the Potato Research Enhancement Project in Prosser, WA, co-
located with the Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center of 
Washington State University, which was awarded $288,000 and under the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service account, the Washington 
Clean Plant Network which was awarded $225,000. All three of these 
projects are essential to the ongoing development of my home state's 
vital agriculture industry. I thank Chairman Kohl and Ranking Member 
Bennett for their work to correct the record with respect to these 
three projects.
  Mr. KOHL. I thank the Senator from Washington. I have reviewed her 
requests to our subcommittee and she is correct. The record should 
reflect her requests.
  Mr. BENNETT. I concur with Senator Kohl, the subcommittee chairman, 
in this action.

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