[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 15, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H3735]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       FUNDING COMMUNITY PROJECTS

  (Mr. AUCHINCLOSS asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. AUCHINCLOSS. Madam Speaker, last week, Congress passed the 
comprehensive bipartisan government funding bill that, for the first 
time in over a decade, delivered direct relief to community funding 
projects.
  In my district, I worked with local and State elected officials, city 
and town managers, nonprofit organizations, and community and business 
leaders to identify top infrastructure, social services, and healthcare 
projects in need of Federal investment.
  I thank the Appropriations Committee for fully funding all of these 
requests, which included a new workforce development institute for 
offshore wind, the expansion of a domestic violence shelter and a 
community health center, multiple projects to provide clean water for 
my constituents, dam and dredging improvements to protect against 
flooding disasters, and a project to support economic development.
  This funding bill represents a shift in Congress toward partnerships, 
good policy, and action. We must work to further advance bipartisan 
progress in the years ahead.

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