[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 140 (Thursday, October 1, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2435]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                          HON. WALTER B. JONES

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 1, 2009

  Mr. JONES. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information 
regarding project funding I received as part of H.R. 3293, the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010:
  Rep. Walter B. Jones
  Project: Metabolic Institute
  Recipient: East Carolina University
  Account: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)--Health 
Facilities and Services
  Amount: $222,000
  Explanation: The funding will allow the Metabolic Institute at East 
Carolina University to develop a clinical research center and 
laboratory to advance the Metabolic Institute's study of new technology 
and medical treatments for obesity and diabetes. Diabetes is an 
epidemic: diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S., 
afflicts more than 7 percent of the population, and cost our economy 
about $174 billion in 2007 alone, according to the American Diabetes 
Association. The Metabolic Institute will continue to build on East 
Carolina University's pioneer metabolic advancements, including the 
Greenville Gastric Bypass, to explore the question of why diabetes 
disappears in four out of five patients with the disease after they 
undergo gastric bypass surgery.

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