$624,509 will fund project to relocate Specialty Care Clinics

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today announced that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has released $624,509 to the Dallas VA Medical Center.  The Dallas VA Medical Center will use the money to design a project to relocate Specialty Care Clinics.  The funding is a portion of the amount allocated to minor project construction under the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act of 2009.

“As a former nurse at the Dallas VA Medical Center, I’m very pleased to announce this funding,” Congresswoman Johnson said.  “This project will enable the Dallas VA to better provide high-quality and accessible health care to North Texas veterans.”

Congress more than doubled the Bush Administration request for minor construction at VA hospitals, from $329 million to $742 million, in the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act of 2009, with Congresswoman Johnson’s support.  The increased funding made the Dallas VA project possible.

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U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson is the highest-ranking Texan on the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure and a senior member of the Science Committee. She represents the 30th Congressional District of Texas, which, includes Downtown Dallas, Fair Park, Oak Lawn, Old East Dallas, Pleasant Grove, & South Oak Cliff; all of Balch Springs, DeSoto, Hutchins, Lancaster & Wilmer and parts of Cedar Hill, Duncanville, Ferris, Glenn Heights and Ovilla.