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CONGRESSMAN GRAYSON DELIVERS NEW FEDERAL FUNDS IN 2009
(En Espanol)
We proved in 2009 that hard work pays off. I fought for and received nearly $12 million in targeted spending. That’s a 500% increase over last year!
My staff and I went through the federal budget literally line-by-line to find ways to direct more federal money to the 8th Congressional District. For too long, we have been exporting our taxes and importing debt. It’s about time we got our fair share. The dollars will create or sustain jobs, and improve lives all across the District.
Here is a breakdown of just some of the new federal money coming our way in 2010:
• SAVING TROOPS' LIVES AND CREATING HIGH-PAYING JOBS – The Nicholson Center for Surgical Advancement in Celebration will get $4,200,000. The money will pay for research and development of robotic surgical techniques. Doctors will eventually use the technology to perform life-saving operations on troops in the field, long before they can get to a hospital. The funding will lead to the direct creation of at least 50 high-tech jobs over a five-year period here. The workers will make an average of $55,000 a year.
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