[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 113 (Friday, July 24, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1940-E1941]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                        HON. K. MICHAEL CONAWAY

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 23, 2009

  Mr. CONAWAY. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the House Republican 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information 
regarding earmarks I received as part of H.R. 3293--Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2010.
  In the Department of Education, Higher Education (includes FIPSE) 
account, an earmark for the Midland Independent School District, 
Midland, TX for teacher training was included on my behalf. The entity 
to receive funding for this project is the Midland Independent School 
District (ISD), located at 615 W. Missouri Ave., Midland, TX 79701.
  Funding for this project will be used for Texas Mathworks. Texas 
Mathworks is a center for mathematics education formed by Texas State 
University System to develop model programs and self-sustaining 
learning communities that engage Texas K-12 students in doing 
mathematics at a high level. Funding in Fiscal Year 2010 will be used 
to recruit and train six-to-eight teacher leaders from Midland 
Consolidated ISD at Mathworks training sites. Training includes 
observing a camp in the morning and then learning how to teach their 
own camp in the afternoon. Teachers will conduct their own Math Camp, 
assisted and mentored by the master teachers. Students will attend the 
junior summer math camps. During the academic year, the master teachers 
will pilot Part I of the curriculum, mentored and assisted by a full-
time mathematics Peer Coach. These teachers will become part of a 
professional Math Inquiry Group. The Peer Coach will work closely with 
the faculty mentor to observe all teachers in their classrooms, give 
input and guidance and collect data required by the external evaluator.
  In the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and 
Services Administration (HRSA)--Health Facilities and Services account, 
an earmark for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center 
(TTUHSC), Lubbock, TX for facilities and equipment was included on my 
behalf. The entity to receive funding for this project is the TTUHSC, 
located at 3601 4th Street, Lubbock, Texas. Funds would be used at the 
Laura W. Bush Institute for Women's Health--Odessa, TX Campus.
  The mission of the Laura W. Bush Institute for Women's Health is to 
cultivate and advance multi-disciplinary science in women's health and 
to promote the well-being of women through research, education, and 
community outreach. This initiative will provide resources for tissue 
banks at TTUHSC dedicated to women's health and research into gender 
differences in health. This project will accomplish the following: (1) 
Create a women's health tissue bank on the TTUHSC campuses in Amarillo, 
El Paso, and Odessa to receive, store, and distribute a full range of 
biological specimens, such as whole organs, tissues, cells, and DNA. 
(2) Develop protocol to establish an organized repository of 
characterized tissues for collection and maintenance useful for a wide 
range of women's health research studies. (3) Collaborate with the 
Research Institutional Review Board to assist in the development of 
standards in methodology, management, and education regarding tissue 
bank specimens. (4) Develop a priority hierarchy for tissue 
distribution to assist researchers in fulfilling the purpose of taking 
research from the laboratory to the patient. (5) Create a reporting 
standard and method for researchers describing the purpose, process, 
and evaluation of the tissues used in laboratory research. (6) Improve 
the knowledge and breadth of research in the field of women's health 
and gender differences in health.
  In the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC) account, an earmark for Texas Tech 
University Health Science Center (TTUHSC), Lubbock, TX for the West 
Texas Center for Influenza Research, Education and Treatment was 
included on my behalf. The entity to receive funding for this project 
is the TTUHSC, located at 3601 4th Street, Lubbock, Texas. Funds would 
be used at the Odessa, TX Campus.
  The West Texas Center for Influenza Research, Education and Treatment 
at the TTUHSC would provide a model of care of the influenza patient 
using a large network of primary care physicians from around West 
Texas. It would also develop an infrastructure

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for clinical research and the study of new drugs and therapies. The 
Center would provide education to patients and families in order to 
limit the spread of disease. It would further establish a clinical 
approach to pandemic influenza should such an epidemic occur.

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