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Specter & Santorum Announce Federal Funding for Northeastern PA Projects

Date: Nov. 23, 2004
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health and Health Care


SPECTER & SANTORUM ANNOUNCE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR NORTHEASTERN PA PROJECTS

Health & Human Services Funding as Part of FY05 Omnibus Appropriations Bill

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA), Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, announced today federal funding for projects in northeastern Pennsylvania, contained in the FY05 Omnibus Appropriations bill.

"I am pleased my colleagues have approved this important funding for northeastern Pennsylvania," Senator Specter said. "These projects are vital to ensuring quality primary and emergency care, as well as advanced preventative care measures, for the area's residents."

"I applaud my colleagues in the United States Senate for approving the Health and Human Services funding for projects in northeastern Pennsylvania," Senator Santorum said. "The funding will allow the communities in northeastern Pennsylvania to purchase new equipment, construct new health care facilities, and provide the most advanced health care modernizations which will aid in the health and wellness of the citizens of northeastern Pennsylvania."

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