[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 110 (Tuesday, July 21, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1864-E1865]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. JERRY LEWIS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 21, 2009

  Mr. LEWIS of California. Madam Speaker, pursuant to Republican 
earmark guidance, I am submitting the following in regards to the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis
  Project Name: University of California, Riverside School of Medicine
  Account: HRSA Health Facilities and Services
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University of California, Riverside
  Address of Requesting Entity: 900 University Avenue Riverside, CA
  Amount: $3.4 million
  Description of Request: The funds will be used for renovation of an 
anatomy lab and a biomedical sciences building that will become part of 
the planned School of Medicine at the University of California, 
Riverside. The new School of Medicine will address the severe physician 
shortage in Inland Southern California, one of the most rapidly growing 
regions in the country. With the regional physician shortfall is 
forecast to be high as 53 percent by 2015, the Inland Empire faces a 
health care challenge of crisis proportions. The regional focus of the 
medical school's research and clinical enterprises will help mitigate 
that crisis and will improve health care for the many low- and 
moderate-income residents of Riverside and San Bernardino counties. The 
results will be a model that can be applied in areas throughout the 
nation.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis
  Project Name: Salvation Army of San Bernardino Family Services 
Program
  Account: Administration for Children and Families--Social Services
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Salvation Army of San Bernardino
  Address of Requesting Entity: 746 W. 5th Street San Bernardino, CA
  Amount: $160,000
  Description of Request: The funds will help the Salvation Army Family 
Services program provide a full spectrum of community services designed 
to assist families that struggle with difficult challenges. The funds 
will also support emergency shelter services to families in crisis. The 
program serves families throughout the Inland Empire, which has one of 
the highest foreclosure and unemployment rates in the nation. The 
economic situation is causing increased demand for these services, at 
the same time that donations and State funding have declined creating a 
dire situation for providing services.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis
  Project Name: San Gorgonio Hospital Computed Radiography
  Account: HRSA--Health Facilities and Services
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital
  Address of Requesting Entity: 600 N Highland Springs Ave, Banning, CA
  Amount: $340,000
  Description of Request: The funds would help purchase a Computed 
Radiography system to replace x-ray film and create a digital image. 
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital is a not-for-profit community hospital 
that is serving a rapidly growing area of Riverside County. As 
Riverside County struggles with high unemployment and foreclosure 
rates, the hospital is providing more unreimbursed medical care, making 
it difficult to meet payroll and impossible to purchase any new 
equipment. Computed Radiography is the standard of care in diagnostic 
imaging and has been show to greatly increase patient safety.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis
  Project Name: Redlands Community Hospital PET/CT Scanner
  Account: HRSA--Health Facilities and Services
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Redlands Community Hospital
  Address of Requesting Entity: 350 Terracina Boulevard, Redlands, CA
  Amount: $500,000
  Description of Request: The requested funds would help support the 
purchase of combination Positron Emission Tomography, PET, ``64 slice'' 
scanner/Computed Tomography, CT, machine. Currently RCH rents a PET 
scanner 3 days a week to accommodate patient demand. Redlands Community 
Hospital is one of a handful of remaining independent nonprofit 
hospitals in Southern California, and provides annually over $8 million 
in charity care to the community. The equipment will help insure access 
to diagnostic services in the face of rapidly increasing levels of 
demand.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis
  Project Name: St. Bernardine Medical Center Endovascular Suite
  Account: HRSA--Health Facilities and Services
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: St. Bernardine Medical Center
  Address of Requesting Entity: 2101 North Waterman Ave San Bernardino, 
CA
  Amount: $500,000
  Description of Request: The funds requested will help the hospital 
renovate space and equip an Endovascular Surgical Suite, which is a 
specialized surgical room capable of advanced imaging to view smaller, 
obscure vessels, which leads to minimally invasive surgical procedures. 
In 2008, the Medical Center performed over 800 vascular procedures and 
is ranked as one of the top ten by volume in heart diagnostic and 
interventional procedures within the state of California . St. 
Bernardine serves one of the fastest growing areas in the state and 
nation and is located in one of the most densely impoverished areas in 
Southern California. Current health care capacity and equipment cannot 
keep pace with the growing demand.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis
  Account: FIE
  Project Name: We Care San Jacinto
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: We Care San Jacinto
  Address of Requesting Entity: 300 West First Street, San Jacinto, CA 
92583
  Amount: $100,000
  Description of Request: Funds for this project will go toward 
continuing a program that provides tutoring, homework assistance and 
after-school classes for low income families at no cost. In the City of 
San Jacinto, low-income elementary and high school students are faced 
with gang-related and drug activity in the local community every day. 
The We Care tutoring program has influenced those who might very well 
be inclined to drop out of school or not seek secondary education, and

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is an important education program for our community.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis
  Account: IMLS
  Project Name: Cabot's Pueblo Museum
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Desert Hot Springs
  Address of Requesting Entity: 65950 Pierson Boulevard, Desert Hot 
Springs, CA 92240
  Amount: $100,000
  Description of Request: Funds will be used for preserving artifacts 
and modern museum collection care at the Cabot's Pueblo museum. Cabot's 
Pueblo is a unique Hopi-inspired structure handmade by local resident 
Cabot Yerxa over 24 years. It includes 35 rooms, 150 windows and 65 
doors, all crafted from found materials. The museum houses Cabot's 
collection of Native American pottery, early 20th century photographs 
and artifacts from his Alaskan adventures. The museum grounds, 
including a picnic area, are landscaped with native plants and home to 
many rustic period items--early 1900's tools, machinery and household 
goods. Project goals also include development of diverse learning 
programs that provide a greater opportunity for appreciation of 
regional and natural heritage.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis
  Account: IMLS
  Project Name: Yucaipa Library
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Yucaipa
  Address of Requesting Entity: 34272 Yucaipa Boulevard, Yucaipa, CA 
92399-9950
  Amount: $100,000
  Description of Request: In a time when residents are relying more on 
the city's public services, growth in the library usage calls for 
enhancement of materials and technology. Funds will be used to expand 
library collections and upgrade technology.

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