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For Immediate Release
September 27, 2006 |
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House Passes Department
of Defense Conference Report with $8 Million Marked for Fourth
District
Washington, D.C. –The Fourth Congressional District
will benefit from $8 million in direct contracts funded through
H.R. 5631, the Fiscal Year 2007 Department of Defense Appropriations
Act, which the House of Representatives approved last night.
Congressman Christopher Shays (R-CT) voted for the bill, which
passed by a vote of 394 to 22, and fought for funding for
Norden Systems and Producto Moore.
“This bill provides resources needed to equip, train
and protect the brave men and women who are fighting for us
around the globe,” Shays said. “It allows some
key products purchased by the Department of Defense to continue
to be produced in the Fourth District, maintaining jobs that
are critical to Norwalk and Bridgeport.”
The Conference Report on H.R. 5631, the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, includes:
- $2,000,000 for the APY-6 Real-time Precision Targeting
made Norden Systems in Norwalk;
- $2,000,000 for APN-241 Color Weather Radar-AFRC, made
by Norden Systems in Norwalk; and
- $2,000,000 for the Short Pulse Laser Technology for Pulse
Laser System Development for Turbine Engine Applications
made by Producto Moore in Bridgeport.
Contact: Sarah Moore, 202/225-5541
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