[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17741]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                             HON. LEE TERRY

                              of nebraska

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 14, 2009

  Mr. TERRY. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information 
regarding an earmark I received as part of the Energy and Water 
Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2010.
  My Congressional District received $1.2 million to fund alternative 
energy training and solar power research at Creighton University. 
Creighton University is located at 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 
68178. This funding will support costs associated with expansion of its 
energy technology training program and the establishment of the 
Research Center for Solar Energy that are consistent with the mission 
of the Department of Energy--``to strengthen America's energy security, 
environmental quality, and economic vitality in public-private 
partnerships that 1) enhance energy efficiency and productivity, 2) 
bring clean, reliable and affordable energy technologies to the 
marketplace, and 3) make a difference in the everyday lives of 
Americans by enhancing their energy choices and their quality of 
life.''
  This new program will take advantage of Creighton's developing 
leadership in energy technology. The new energy technology program will 
create two faculty research labs that will be designed as settings for 
project-based and internship-based research settings. Federal funding 
will allow the university to offer specialized technical training 
programs in photovoltaics and wind energy to create highly skilled 
manpower to provide the expertise to develop and implement solar 
energy. These programs will serve the needs of both traditional and 
non-traditional students as well as addressing training and retraining 
needs for a growing energy sector of the economy.

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