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Second, six-bill funding package helps with the cost of living, sides with hard-working Americans, protects women’s rights, reinforces America’s global leadership, and helps our communities be safe and secure

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today voted to pass the second and final set of six overdue regular appropriations bills for fiscal year 2024, which began September 2023. The package includes $1.4 million for a flood resilience project in Eastwick, Philadelphia, bringing the total amount Rep. Scanlon has secured for PA-05 projects in fiscal year 2024 spending bills to $11,591,126 for 15 projects that will directly benefit PA-05 residents.

“Today I am relieved that we were able to finally pass a bipartisan government funding package that invests in the critical government programs and services on which PA-05 families rely while addressing some of our nation’s biggest challenges,” said Rep. Scanlon. “Extremists in the House Republican caucus held the budget hostage for months, but House Democrats kept our promise to the American people to never let the perfect be the enemy of the good when it comes to solving problems on behalf of our constituents. Divided government demands compromise, and while there are aspects of the final budget package that I would not support on their own, I am pleased that we have finalized this year’s budget and can move forward with other urgent legislation. I am especially proud that with the passage of this second funding package, we secured a total of $11.6 million for 15 projects across PA-05 that will strengthen our communities, create jobs with better pay, and address environmental and infrastructure needs.”

With the passage of today’s funding package, Rep. Scanlon has now finalized a total of  $11,591,126 for the following 15 projects:

• $1,383,069 for the Increasing Flood Resilience in Eastwick, Philadelphia
• $1,000,000 for accessibility and renovation of ACLAMO’s Community Center (Norristown, PA)
• $850,000 for capital investments to improve community access to FDR Park (Philadelphia, PA)
• $615,000 for the City of Philadelphia's Group Violence Intervention Program expansion (Philadelphia, PA)
• $500,000 for childcare facility enhancements at Christ Lutheran Community Church (Upper Darby, PA)
• $657,026 for Darby Borough for Sanitary Sewer Improvements
• $959,752 for East Lansdowne Borough for Replacement of Sanitary Sewer Collection System
• $500,000 for renovations at Francis J. Myers Recreation Center Athletic Fields (Philadelphia, PA)
• $1,000,000 for Grace Manor Housing Development (Chester, PA)
• $100,000 for improving police accountability in Eddystone Borough (Eddystone, PA)
• $560,000 for Mirmont Treatment Center Mobile Co-Response Team (Media, PA)
• $1,666,279 for Navy Yard Lift Bridge Rehabilitation (Philadelphia, PA)
• $1,000,000 for repair and restoration of Norristown Family Residence (Norristown, PA)
• $300,000 for Family Support Line of Delaware County Law Enforcement Vicarious Trauma Reduction Pilot Program (Delaware County, PA)
• $500,000 for Upper Chichester Library and Community Resource Center (Upper Chichester, PA)

Find full descriptions of all 15 projects on Rep. Scanlon’s website here.

Additional wins Rep. Scanlon secured for PA-05 include $667 million for CH-47 and MH-47 Chinook procurement and $675 million for V-22 Osprey procurement, both of which are manufactured in Ridley Park, PA. 

This package includes the following funding bills: Defense; Financial Services and General Government; Homeland Security; Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies; Legislative Branch; and State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs. A detailed summary of the legislation is available here.

A package containing six other appropriations bills for fiscal year 2024 passed the House earlier this month and was signed into law by President Biden on March 9.

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