[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 112 (Thursday, July 23, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1911]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                           HON. LOUIE GOHMERT

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 23, 2009

  Mr. GOHMERT. Madam Speaker, pursuant to Republican Leadership 
standards, the following information is submitted regarding funding 
received in the first district of Texas as part of H.R. 3288--
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2010.
  Veterans Shuttle Service Project. The Brazos Transit District, 1759 
N. Earl Rudder Freeway, Bryan, Texas 77803, $300,000, Federal Transit 
Authority Buses and Bus Facilities account, to provide round-trip 
shuttle service for Veterans who need to go to the Veterans 
Administration (VA) Outpatient Clinic in Lufkin, Texas and/or to the VA 
Medical Center in Houston, Texas. This shuttle will provide many of our 
nation's ailing Veterans vital access to both medical facilities.
  Angelina County Cassells-Boykin County Park Project. Angelina County, 
Texas, 606 East Lufkin Avenue, Lufkin, Texas 75902, $500,000, Housing 
and Urban Development Economic Development Initiative account, to make 
improvements and renovations to the Cassells-Boykin County Park on 
federal Lake Sam Rayburn in Angelina County. This project will finally 
make improvements necessary to make the federal investment in the lake 
more accessible and available.
  Discovery Learning Center. Texas College, 2404 North Grand Avenue, 
Tyler, Texas 75702, $250,000, Housing and Urban Development Economic 
Development Initiative account, to establish a Discovery Learning 
Center to serve pre-school students and train teachers studying Early 
Childhood Education. The initiative will help fill the void of quality 
trained professionals in Early Childhood Education, while also 
elevating families' first-time college attendees from poverty to the 
realm of the productive.
  Texas State Technical College (TSTC) Marshall Transportation and 
Industrial Manufacturing Building. TSTC Marshall, 2650 East End Blvd. 
South, Marshall, Texas 75672, $200,000, Housing and Urban Development 
Economic Development Initiative account, for assistance with 
construction of a Transportation and Industrial Manufacturing 
Technology building, which would assist the community with a hands-on 
training facility for welding, computer-aided manufacturing, 
transportation technology, diesel equipment technology, small engine 
repair, light/medium duty truck and motorcycle driving school, and a 
truck driving school. This would be far more beneficial for our economy 
than paying unemployment benefits as it will train and retrain workers 
for available jobs.

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