[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 11, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H1130]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





     CR STRIPS AWAY PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

  (Mr. MRVAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MRVAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to state that should now the 
House-approved full-year continuing resolution become law, it will be a 
legislative tragedy for northwest Indiana that will strip away specific 
funding for public safety and economic development.
  By not including community project funding requests approved by this 
institution in the House Appropriations Committee just last year, 
Indiana's First Congressional District loses $4 million in approved 
funds to support equipment and resources for law enforcement agencies 
and $7 million in approved economic development projects. It reduces 
health benefits for veterans and puts at risk healthcare for seniors 
and children with complex medical conditions.
  The House majority has made northwest Indiana less safe, jeopardized 
our potential for economic growth and the ability to create more work 
and wealth, and put veteran healthcare and those veterans who were 
exposed to toxic burn pits, Agent Orange, and radiation at risk.
  It is shameful that we have misled our local law enforcement 
agencies, local units of government, veterans, and seniors. I encourage 
my Senate colleagues to reject this harmful measure.

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