[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 105 (Tuesday, July 14, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1760-E1761]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. GREG WALDEN

                               of oregon

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 14, 2009

  Mr. WALDEN. Madam Speaker, consistent with the House Republican 
Leadership's policy on earmarks, to the best of my knowledge the 
request I have detailed below is (1) not directed to an entity or 
program that will be named after a sitting Member of Congress; and (2) 
not intended to be used by an entity to secure funds for other entities 
unless the use of funding is consistent with the specified purpose of 
the earmark. As required by earmark standards adopted by the House 
Republican Conference, I submit the following information on a project 
I requested and was included in H.R. 3170--the Financial Services and 
General Government Appropriations Act, 2010.
  Account: Salaries and Expenses
  Project Name: Technology Education Center
  Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity: Central Oregon Community 
College, 2600 NW College Way, Bend, Oregon 97701
  Project Location: Bend, Oregon
  Description of Project: H.R. 3170 appropriates $100,000 for the 
Central Oregon Community College Technology Education Center project. 
According to the requesting entity, this

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funding will be used to design and construct a 30,400 square foot 
Technology Education Center that will offer courses designed to ensure 
that the local workforce meets the needs of local industry. A quarter 
of the building space will be designated as an incubator for local 
industries to work with students to conduct research in order to 
develop new products and/or manufacturing processes that will 
strengthen local businesses while providing hands-on training to 
students. This is a beneficial use of taxpayer funding because this 
effort will ensure that the local workforce meets the needs of local 
employers and that local businesses have access to a facility that 
allows them to conduct research that will strengthen their business 
models.

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