Rep. Brad Miller (NC-13)

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OCTOBER 6, 2006
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"Miller To Receive Community College Member of the Year Award"

SEPTEMBER 22, 2006
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"Miller Announces Grant for Rockingham County to Fight Gangs Through Education"

SEPTEMBER 21, 2006
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"Miller Votes to Strengthen U.S. Border Security and to Detain Illegal Immigrant Criminals"

SEPTEMBER 11, 2006
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"Miller Recognizes Spirit of Service and Resilience on Fifth Anniversary of September 11th"

JULY 20, 2006
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"Miller Questions Federal Reserve Chair About Pay Inequality"

JULY 13, 2006
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"Miller Supports Reauthorization of Voting Rights Act"

JUNE 20, 2006
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"Bring Back Pay-As-You-Go Budget Rules"

JUNE 15, 2006
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"Miller Takes a Stand on Iraq War Resolution with an Unprecedented 'Present' Vote"

MAY 25, 2006
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"Miller Joins Fellow Democrats in the Call to Shine a Spotlight on Inflated Corporate Executive Salaries"

MAY 10, 2006
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"Miller Supports Technology Incentive to Help Lower Gas Prices"

APRIL 19, 2006
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"Miller Calls on Education Secretary Spellings to Release Reports"

MARCH 9, 2006
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"Miller and First Lady Laura Bush Present Historic Preservation Awards"

FEBRUARY 14, 2006
floor speech
"FY '07 Budget Testimony"

FEBRUARY 8, 2006
press release
"Miller Helps Unveil New Community College Caucus in House"

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Miller and First Lady Laura Bush Present Historic Preservation Awards

Washington, DC - In a ceremony on Capitol Hill today, U.S. Reps. Brad Miller (D-NC) and Michael Turner (R-OH), co-chairs of the Congressional Historic Preservation Caucus, hosted First Lady Laura Bush as they announced the first round of Preserve America grants totaling nearly $3.5 million. They also acknowledged a number of new Preserve America communities, including the first five Preserve America Community Neighborhood designations.

“This is the third Preserve America event the Caucus has hosted and I was pleased the First Lady could join us in highlighting the importance of preservation. It is essential to preserve the buildings that are important to our history, not only for economic reasons, like the role they play in heritage tourism, but also because they are a piece of our soul,” said Rep. Brad Miller.

These distinctive awards encourage and support community efforts for the preservation and enjoyment of our priceless cultural and natural heritage. The goals of the initiative include a greater shared knowledge about the nation’s past, strengthened regional identities and local pride, increased local participation in preserving the country’s cultural and natural heritage assets, and support for the economic vitality of our communities.

More information on Preserve America, including a complete list of grant recipients, criteria and application forms for various initiative programs, can be found at www.PreserveAmerica.gov.

Historic Preservation Facts:

• Preserve America grants advance greater shared knowledge about the Nation's past, increase local participation in historic preservation, and stimulate local economies through heritage tourism and adaptive reuse of historic structures.
• The Preserve America program includes funding for designation of historic communities, neighborhood, as well as grants.
• According to the Travel Industry Association of America, tourists drawn by a community's or regions historic character are likely to stay longer and spend more during their visits than other tourists.
• 81% of the 146.4 million US adults who took a trip of 50 miles or more away from home in the past year were cultural/heritage tourists.
• 35.3 million adults say that a specific arts, cultural, or heritage event or activity influenced their choice of destination.
• Historic and cultural travel is up 13 percent from 1996, increasing from 194 million to 216 million person-trips in 2002.
• The first round of Preserve America grants totaled nearly $3.5 million dollars in federal funding.
• The Congressional Historic Preservation Caucus was founded by Reps. Brad Miller (NC-13) and Michael Turner (OH-03) in 2003 and has garnered the support of 95 Members of Congress since its inception.
• The caucus serves as a forum for Members to discuss ways to protect and revitalize America’s historic places and structures as well as to focus on historic preservation’s important role in economic development and neighborhood revitalization.
• Last year the Historic Preservation Caucus successfully submitted a letter to appropriators with 90 Member signatures requesting increased funding for Historic Preservation programs.

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(Click images to enlarge) Photos courtesy of ACHP (Advisory Council on Historic Preservation)

First Lady Laura Bush (covering Rep. Michael Turner) and Rep. Brad Miller.

First Lady Laura Bush and Rep. Brad Miller.

Rep. Brad Miller, Rep. Michael Turner (OH-03), First Lady Laura Bush, Secretary of the Interior Gail Norton, Chairman of the ACHP John L. Nau III.

Rep. Miller.

Rep. Michael Turner and First Lady Laura Bush share a laugh during Rep. Miller's comments.

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