[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 19099]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                         HON. THOMAS J. ROONEY

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 23, 2009

  Mr. ROONEY. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information 
regarding earmarks I received as part of H.R. 3288--Transportation, 
Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2010.
  One request was funded in this bill and is a previously 
Congressionally authorized project.
  $800,000: State Road (SR) 80, Hendry County, Florida. The entity to 
receive the funds for the project is Hendry County, Florida located at 
Courthouse Square, 165 S. Lee Street, La Belle, Florida 33975. SAFETEA-
LU, Item 1487 authorized the widening of SR 80 in Hendry County, 
Florida. SR 80 serves as a major route for the movement of freight and 
agriculture products throughout the county, as well as a connector 
between Florida's east and west coast counties. It is the nearest 
cross-state highway north of I-75, extending from eastern Palm Beach 
County to Fort Myers on Florida's west coast. Funds will be used to 
further widen the road from two lanes to four.
  All of my projects are Congressionally authorized and go only to 
public government agencies.

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