[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 114 (Monday, July 27, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2020]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                           HON. LOUIE GOHMERT

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 27, 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. 3293--
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  LeTourneau University Air Traffic-Collegiate Training Initiative. 
LeTourneau University, P.O. Box 7001, Longview, Texas 75607, Department 
of Education Higher Education (includes FIPSE) account, $350,000 to 
purchase needed radar and control tower simulators for the new Air 
Traffic-Collegiate Training Initiative program. This Initiative would 
benefit the nation by training students in a simulated real-world 
environment where air traffic control procedures and techniques can be 
learned, practiced, and refined, to help fill the national shortage.
  Keeping America Competitive: Consortium for STEM Preparation for 
Engineering Project. The University of Texas at Tyler, 3900 University 
Blvd., Tyler, Texas 75799, Department of Education Higher Education 
(includes FIPSE) account, $300,000 for researching and developing 
products and solutions to reform STEM education and build capacity to 
address the extremely critical shortage of world-class engineers, while 
lessening reliance on foreign engineers.
  Angelina College Health Careers Program. Angelina College, 3500 South 
First Street, Lufkin, Texas 75904, Department of Health & Human 
Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)--Health 
Facilities and Services account, $200,000 for the expansion of the 
Health Careers program. This project will serve the valuable purpose of 
providing trained and licensed professionals in areas of shortage to 
address the health care needs and lessen the ongoing need for American 
healthcare providers having to recruit outside the United States. This 
will assist in providing Americans to supply the professional 
shortfall.

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