[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 101 (Wednesday, July 8, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1680-E1681]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION-

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                        HON. ANH ``JOSEPH'' CAO

                              of louisiana

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 8, 2009

  Mr. CAO. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information 
regarding earmarks I received as part of H.R. 2997--the Department of 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010:
  As requested by me, Rep. Anh ``Joseph'' Cao, H.R. 2997--the 
Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, provides 
for Tulane University, New Orleans, LA in support of phytoestrogen 
research project. This is in the Agricultural Research Account in the 
amount of $1,426,000. This will benefit Tulane University, 6823 St. 
Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118 in the form of funding to be used 
to partner the Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research (CBR) 
and the University of Toledo to manipulate phytoestrogen and phyto-
antiestrogen levels in soybean seed and soy-based products. This 
project discovers new effects of natural dietary constituents 
(phytoestrogens) on health and disease

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in human; especially, estrogen-sensitive organs, such as breast, 
reproductive and cardiovascular systems.

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