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Departments Of Labor, Health, And Human Services, And Education, And Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010

Floor Speech

Date: July 24, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Labor Unions Health and Health Care Education

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Mrs. LOWEY. I want to thank Chairman Obey and Ranking Member Tiahrt and their staffs for their hard work in crafting this bill. Overall, this is an excellent bill which includes increases for critical programs such as Pell Grants, NIH, family planning services, GEAR-UP, TRIO and after-school programs, just to name a few.

Despite the positive provisions before us, I'm disappointed that the bill eliminates the Safe and Drug Free School and Communities State Grants. The community-based coalitions in White Plains, Ossining, Larchmont, Port Chester and Ardsley, to name a few, are working tirelessly to reduce drug and alcohol use among young people. I hope I can work with the chairman to restore funding for this program as the bill moves through the process.

Despite this concern, the bill takes big steps towards addressing some of our Nation's most pressing challenges. I am proud to support it, and I encourage my colleagues to do the same.

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