Congressman Mike Ferguson

Edison

• Congressman Ferguson voted for $3.8 million to finance the design phase of upgrading several interchanges along Route 1 in Edison and Woodbridge.
  

• The Edison First Aid and Fire Squad received a $9,329 first-responder grant from the Homeland Security Department to purchase defibrillators and other emergency response equipment.
  

• Congressman Ferguson voted to provide Edison public schools with more than $1.1 million in federal elementary and secondary education aid in fiscal year 2007. Congressman Ferguson has voted to increase federal education funding for New Jersey schools by more than 33 percent since 2001.
  

• The Edison Division of Fire received a $196,000 first-responder grant from the Homeland Security Department to purchase new equipment and train firefighters.
  

• Congressman Ferguson voted to reduce taxes for Edison residents, including doubling the child tax credit to $1,000, reducing the marriage penalty faced by two-income families, making college expenses tax deductible, reducing taxes on capital gains and dividends, and reducing all tax brackets to benefit every worker in Edison.