[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 113 (Friday, July 24, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1989]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                             HON. LEE TERRY

                              of nebraska

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 24, 2009

  Mr. TERRY. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information 
regarding an earmark I received as part of the Labor, Health and Human 
Services Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2010, H.R. 3293.
  My Congressional District received $500,000 to purchase core research 
equipment at Creighton University. Creighton University is located at 
2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178. This funding will support 
several core research facilities for shared use among research faculty, 
including basic scientists and clinical researchers. These facilities 
provide university biomedical researchers opportunities for inter-
disciplinary collaboration and interaction. The development of team 
research projects utilizing state-of-the-art technology and equipment 
offered in these core facilities has enabled Creighton to continue to 
increase their NIH research funding despite the downturn in the NIH 
budget.
  Creighton's research community has designed the facilities to allow 
the free flow of information and collaborative work environments, thus 
expanding the possibilities of research and wisely using limited 
resources. Grouping resources through core facilities has the distinct 
advantage of using the economy of scale by consolidating expensive 
equipment and technologies, providing access to state-of-the-art 
research tools and expanding the base of sponsored program 
opportunities through enhanced research infrastructure. Core facility 
resources are not duplicated and are made available to the entire 
university research community.
  Research grants, funded by the Health Future Foundation, the Nebraska 
Tobacco Settlement Biomedical Research Development Grant (LB692), and 
the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Experimental Program to 
Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSC0R), have supplied Creighton 
University with the resources for the creation and expansion of Core 
Facilities in confocal microscopy, flow cytometry, genomics, 
morphology, and proteomics. Further, Creighton is developing a core 
facility for clinical genomics that will support a wide range of 
Creighton researchers. All Core Facilities are housed in the C.C. and 
Mabel Criss Health Sciences Complex on the university's main campus.
  My Congressional District also received $1 million for the purchase 
of equipment and construction of facilities at Creighton University. 
Creighton University is located at 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 
68178. This funding will support the three major health science 
programs housed in the dental sciences building, dentistry, 
occupational therapy and physical therapy. These programs provide 
educational opportunities for Nebraskans and manpower to meet the 
state's needs in those disciplines. Each of the programs also provides 
Nebraskans with a vital link to health care.
  Following an in-depth analysis, Creighton University is undertaking a 
major capital campaign to provide the School of Dentistry with a new 
facility. The Dental Sciences Building will provide the School of 
Dentistry with a facility that helps them increase their capacity to 
serve as a national resource in dental education and a Nebraska 
resource for dental care.
  The new facility will meet the needs of the student body, the needs 
of the Omaha community as well as the surrounding rural communities and 
states that Creighton graduates serve. In fact, through contractual 
agreements Creighton University is THE state dental school for Idaho, 
Utah and Wyoming. This will allow Creighton to remain competitive among 
peer institutions and recruit and retain the best students and faculty 
while providing services to under-served communities who rely on 
university dental clinics for basic dental health services.
  I am confident this funding serves an appropriate federal purpose and 
works to better the lives of the people of Nebraska and the nation.

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