[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 104 (Thursday, June 20, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H4928]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION AMENDMENT

  (Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank my 
colleagues for unanimously passing my bipartisan amendment yesterday to 
increase funding by $3 million to the Northern Border Regional 
Commission.
  The NBRC is a critical, rural economic development agency that has 
created jobs in my district and supported so many meaningful projects 
around New Hampshire.
  From 2010-2017, the NBRC invested over $7 million into the Granite 
State communities and, more importantly, leveraged nearly $31 million 
in matching funds.
  This is a smart and strategic use of tax dollars, and I am so pleased 
that the House passed my bipartisan amendment with Congressman Chris 
Pappas, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, and Congressman Peter Welch, to 
increase funding to the historic level of $25 million in the next 
fiscal year.
  As a conferee on the 2018 farm bill conference committee, I was 
pleased to lead the effort to add Cheshire and Belknap Counties, and I 
am delighted to add $3 million.

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