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THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS - June 24, 2022
• $18.4m for transportation projects • $1.3m education earmarks ok’d • $911k for Tinian, Rota wastewater • $6.2m earmarks head to House vote • Nutrition assistance funds boosted • NMI job training, microloans ok’d • $191m for Tinian divert • VA directed to expand care in the Marianas • Progress on Veterans mental health • House passes mental health bills • App Challenge launched • Summer Internships Available • Kilili Time Capsule • Opportunities • Legislative highlights
$18.4m for transportation projects
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development included seven Marianas transportation projects I requested totaling $18.4 million in its FY 2023 spending bill approved
$1.3m education earmarks ok’d
The House Appropriations Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee added two of my requests for Marianas community projects—worth $1,311,939—to its FY 2023 spending bill.
$911k for Tinian, Rota wastewater
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and the Environment included $911,302 I requested for the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation in its FY 2023 spending bill approved.
