July 25, 2006

May 24, 2006
WASHINGTON—Thirteen Connecticut towns will receive equipment worth a total of $216,000 to help improve first responder capabilities, Senators Chris Dodd and Joe Lieberman announced today. The equipment will be provided through federal grants from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under the Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program (CEDAP). The initiative provides law enforcement and emergency responder agencies with equipment to improve communications between local first responders in order to increase efficiency in regional responses.

May 12, 2006
WASHINGTON – Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Joe Lieberman (D-CT) today announced the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded ten grants to Connecticut communities and regional councils worth a total of $2 million to help them assess, clean and redevelop abandoned, contaminated parcels known as Brownfields. These grants will benefit the cities of Bridgeport, East Hampton, Meriden, Shelton and the town of Sprague, as well as the North Star Center for Human Development in Hartford, the Norwalk Redevelopment Agency in Norwalk, and the Regional Growth Partnership in South Central, Connecticut.

May 5, 2006
Cromwell, CT - Senator Dodd spoke at the Connecticut Disabled American Veteran’s 85th Annual Convention to thank veterans for their tremendous sacrifices and service to our nation. Dodd recently has offered legislation to provide federal funding for shortfalls in current health care resources for wounded combat veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

November 18, 2005
WASHINGTON - The Transportation and Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations Conference Committee today approved a measure that, thanks in part to the efforts of Senators Chris Dodd and Joe Lieberman, will provide funding to help improve surface transportation, rail transit and promote affordable housing and community development in Connecticut and across the country. Dodd and Lieberman worked with their Senate and House colleagues to ensure that funds for a number of Connecticut projects remained in the bill providing more than $55 million in new federal funds for transportation and housing initiatives statewide.

Senators Applaud Senate-House Agreements on Two Major Appropriations Bills

November 9, 2005
WASHINGTON – The Senate and House have reached an agreement on two appropriations bills that will provide $15,945,000 in federal funding for important Connecticut initiatives in fiscal year 2006, Senators Chris Dodd and Joe Lieberman announced today. Dodd and Lieberman worked to ensure that resources for a number of Connecticut initiatives were included in both the Commerce, Justice, Science and State and the Energy & Water appropriations bills.

Senator Dodd is working to strengthen and improve Connecticut and to make a real difference in people’s lives. Here are some examples of the investments Senator Dodd has been able to secure for Middlesex County.

Appropriations | Senator Dodd in Middlesex County

Homeland Security

$2,304,189 in federal grants from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for fiscal years 2004 and 2005, awards made possible by the FIRE Act of 2000, a law authored by Senator Dodd that gives local fire departments the ability to purchase new equipment, hire new personnel, and initiate education and training programs.