20070619 Congressman Bartlett releases his earmarks

Congressman Bartlett releases his earmarks

June 19^th, 2007

See also:

20061006 Congressman Bartlett announces 100M in Federal Funding for 6^th Dist. and MD

Note: This arrived in an e-mail after I had filed my Tentacle column for Wednesday, June 20^th, 2007 in which I said:

Just yesterday (early Tuesday morning, June 19^th, 2007) CNN reported: "Despite the new Democratic congressional leadership's promise of 'openness and transparency' in the budget process, a CNN survey of the House found it nearly impossible to get information on lawmakers' pet projects. Staffers for only 31 of the 435 members of the House contacted by CNN between Wednesday and Friday of last week supplied a list of their earmark requests for Fiscal Year 2008."

Of the Maryland congressmen contacted, not one of the eight representatives responded. Not one.

Obviously, Congressman Bartlett has been forthcoming about his earmark requests… In the e-mail in which I received this, there were two PDF documents which delineated his defense funding requests and his non-defense funding requests. Unfortunately, I cannot put PDFs on “Soundtrack.” But hopefully The Tentacle will put them up…

For additional information please Contact: Lisa Wright 202-225-2721

Congressman Roscoe Bartlett Releases His Federal Budget Appropriations Funding Requests for FY 2008

Washington, DC - Congressman Roscoe Bartlett (R-6-MD) today released a list of his funding requests for the Fiscal Year 2008 Federal Budget. "I am proud of my requests.

In previous years, I followed the established procedure and waited until appropriations bills were finalized to distribute news releases with my list of requests that received funding. With greater public interest and the support of Republicans to reform the Congressional budget process, I am releasing the requests for funding that I have submitted." Congressman Bartlett's requests are posted on his website at www.bartlett.house.gov.

Congressman Bartlett added, "Each year I am grateful that I can apply more than twenty years of engineering experience along with my fifteen years on the House Armed Services, Science and Small Business Committees to make requests for additional federal funding not included in the President's Budget that will contribute to meet national goals and provide value to the taxpayers."

As Maryland's only Member of Congress on an Armed Services Committee, and the Ranking Member of the Seapower and Expeditionary Forces Subcommittee, the majority of Congressman Bartlett's requests are defense-related. Congressman Bartlett is also one of three scientists in the Congress.

All requests that Congressman Bartlett makes are thoroughly reviewed through the committee and house processes. Funding for specific projects and the amount of funding will not be finalized until appropriations bills are signed into law.

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