Yesterday I voted in favor of a spending bill that will fund the federal government through September and provides longer term funding for many of our top priorities. The bill includes...
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... A $7 billion increase in funding for veterans’ health care and other priorities, including $2 billion for VA hospital maintenance and construction projects.
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... This funding increases the chance that necessary renovations at the VA hospitals in Brockton and West Roxbury get done sooner, giving our military veterans the care they need and deserve when they return home.
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... A $3.2 billion increase in funding for opioid addiction prevention and treatment. Nearly 2,000 people in Massachusetts died of opioid-related causes in 2017...
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... and this funding will help institutions like the Gavin Foundation's Cushing House in South Boston and recovery home in Quincy continue to combat the opioid crisis until we end this devastating epidemic once and for all.
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... $5.4 billion in total funding for all of our fantastic Community Health Centers across the country and in the 8th District, from Brockton, Dorchester, South Boston and the North End to Quincy and Hull and beyond.
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... This provides two years of funding for screening, preventative care, mental health services, and other essential care for nearly one million Massachusetts residents regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay.
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... More than $6 billion for WIC – the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children – which helps low-income families afford food, health care, and nutritional education.
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... $5.2 billion for Child Care and Development Block Grants, which is a $2.37 billion increase over 2017 funding.
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... $9.9 billion for Head Start, which is $610 million more than 2017 funding.
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... $13 billion for Special Education Part B State Grants (IDEA), an increase of $275 million in funding.
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... $10 billion in new infrastructure funding, including increases of $2.55 billion for the federal highway program, $1 billion for TIGER grants, which fund road, transit and maritime projects, and $600 million for rural broadband infrastructure.
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... $37.1 billion for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for medical research – a $3 billion increase in funding.
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... $80 billion for national defense, including a 2.4 percent cost-of-living pay increase for our sons and daughters in uniform.
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... $8.8 billion for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which rejects President Trump’s attempt to reduce the EPA’s budget by 31 percent.
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While I fully support this bill, there is much more work to be done, and we must keep our government open and working to address all of America’s priorities.
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