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Pork Alert: University of Pork
WASHINGTON,
Here are some outrageous examples of pork that members of the House added to the Labor/HHS bill:
— $725,000 requested by Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D- Wis.): $500,000 for facilities and equipment at the Bridge Community Health Clinic in Wausau and $225,000 for the Cooperative Education Service Agency 11 Rural Health Dental Clinic in Turtle Lake; — $500,000 requested by Labor/HHS Subcommitee Ranking Member James T. Walsh (R-N.Y.): $250,000 for the Girl Scouts of the USA, for the Fair Play initiative to engage girls in science, technology, engineering, and math; and $250,000 for technology upgrades at the Onondaga County Public Library in Syracuse; — $500,000 for the Our Piece of the Pie in Hartford for education and employment services for out-of-school youth in Hartford in the district of Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.); — $450,000 for the In Tune Foundation Group in Washington, D.C., for education through the arts and music, requested by Rep. Steny Hoyer (D- Md.); — $350,000 for the Museum of Aviation Foundation in Warner Robins, in the district of Rep. Jim Marshall (D-Ga.); — $150,000 for Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association for birds, requested by Rep. Charles Dent (R-Pa.); — $150,000 for Jazz at Lincoln Center, N.Y., requested by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.); and — $100,000 for the Canton Symphony Orchestra Association for the Northeast Ohio Arts Education Collaborative, in the district of House Labor/HHS Subcommittee member Ralph Regula (R-Ohio).
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