[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17747]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. GREG WALDEN

                               of oregon

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 14, 2009

  Mr. WALDEN. Madam Speaker, consistent with the House Republican 
Leadership's policy on earmarks, to the best of my knowledge the 
request I have detailed below is (1) not directed to an entity or 
program that will be named after a sitting Member of Congress; and (2) 
not intended to be used by an entity to secure funds for other entities 
unless the use of funding is consistent with the specified purpose of 
the earmark. As required by earmark standards adopted by the House 
Republican Conference, I submit the following information on a project 
I requested and was included in H.R. 3170--the Financial Services and 
General Government Appropriations Act, 2010.
  Account: Salaries and Expenses
  Project Name: Technology Education Center
  Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity: Central Oregon Community 
College, 2600 NW College Way, Bend, Oregon 97701
  Project Location: Bend, Oregon
  Description of Project: H.R. 3170 appropriates $100,000 for the 
Central Oregon Community College Technology Education Center project. 
According to the requesting entity, this funding will be used to design 
and construct a 30,400 square foot Technology Education Center that 
will offer courses designed to ensure that the local workforce meets 
the needs of local industry. A quarter of the building space will be 
designated as an incubator for local industries to work with students 
to conduct research in order to develop new products and/or 
manufacturing processes that will strengthen local businesses while 
providing hands-on training to students. This is a beneficial use of 
taxpayer funding because this effort will ensure that the local 
workforce meets the needs of local employers and that local businesses 
have access to a facility that allows them to conduct research that 
will strengthen their business models.

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