March 7, 2024
(press release)
–
Source:
United States House of Representatives
– Congressman
Jared Golden
(ME-02)
WASHINGTON
— Congressman
Jared Golden
(ME-02) voted today for a package of appropriations bills, also known as a minibus, to fund part of the government through the end of Fiscal Year 2024. The package includes more than
$25.5 million
for community projects Golden supported in the
2nd Congressional District
.
Final enactment of the package would meet the first of two funding deadlines, with the next deadline set for
March 22
. Under the terms of the Fiscal Responsibility Act, if all the FY24 spending bills are not enacted by
April 30
, the budget would revert to the previous year’s funding levels — but with tens of billions of dollars in cuts across the board.
“In addition to keeping the federal government on track, this spending deal would fund clean water projects, bridge repairs, and other crucial infrastructure projects across the
2nd Congressional District
,” Golden said. “But the work is not over.
House Republicans
need to keep up the pace and pass the rest of the appropriations bills. That’s the only way to ensure
Congress
meets its basic responsibility — passing a budget — and that
Maine
communities will receive the crucial project funding they deserve.”
Every request Golden made for Community Project Funding was included in the legislation passed today. Those projects include:
-
$963,000
for the
Northern Maine Law Enforcement Equipment Modernization Project
;
-
$963,000
for the
Belfast Police Department
for equipment upgrades;
-
$1,500,000
for the
Rumford-Mexico Sewerage District
for Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements;
-
$731,000
for the
Stonington Water Company
for Drinking Water Infrastructure Improvements;
-
$1,760,000
for the
Town of Castine
for Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements;
-
$7,000,000
for the
Town of Livermore Falls
for Wastewater Treatment Facility Upgrades;
-
$1,000,000
for the
Town of Lubec
for Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements;
-
$1,500,000
for the
Winterport Water District
for Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrades;
-
$1,105,000
for the
Lewiston Beech Street Economic Development Infrastructure Project
;
-
$1,000,000
for the Burrough Road Bridge Replacement in
Lisbon
;
-
$777,000
for Operation Reboot’s Dream Bigger Campaign to create an
ADA
compliant outdoor healing facility;
-
$3,972,000
for Augusta’s Front Street Resiliency Improvements;
-
$861,279
for the Kotuwaposu Pleasant Point New Youth and Recreational Facility;
-
$1,941,000
for the
Margaret Chase Smith Community School
and
Early Childhood Center
in
Skowhegan
; and
-
$500,000
for the NMCC Andrews Hall Renovation in
Presque Isle
;
The package includes several other priorities Golden has championed in the past, including:
- Requiring the FDA to include paper inserts of important medical information alongside prescription drugs, which are mass produced at the Twin Rivers paper mill in
Madawaska
;
-
$134.8 billion
for the
Department of Veterans Affairs
, including critical funding for veterans medical care, such as
$17.1 billion
to treat veterans exposed to burn pits, Agent Orange, and other hazardous chemicals;
- Blocking any new restrictions to reproductive freedoms, such as expanded access to abortion services through the
VA
;
- Reversing a
$1.2 billion
cut to the
Crime Victims Fund
, which provides necessary assistance to victims of child and elder abuse, domestic and sexual violence, exploitation, and more;
- Funding for Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Plan (SIOP), which would allocate
$2.4 billion
in investments at the Navy’s four public shipyards, including
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
, in order to meet nuclear fleet maintenance requirements and improve
Navy
maintenance capabilities; and
- Roughly
$7 billion
for rental assistance, homelessness assistance and affordable housing in the
Housing and Urban Development
budget.
The minibus now moves to the
Senate
for a vote, where it is expected to pass and be signed into law by
President Biden
.
Full text of the legislation can be found here. A summary is here.
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