APPROPRIATIONS

As your representative in Congress, I believe it is my duty to fight for you, which means bringing home federal money for critical projects.  After all, as taxpayers, this is your money.

The Democratic Congress has provided unprecedented transparency in earmarks. Under new rules implemented in 2007, any earmark included in an appropriations bill must be made public and attributed to the member who requested it.

In an effort to make the earmark process even more transparent, I am going beyond what is required and releasing my project requests on my website. Each project I requested would make a significant investment in the priorities of our local communities and I am proud to support them.

For a list of the projects I requested for fiscal year 2009, please click here.

To see the federal funding I have secured in years past, please click here.