WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, voted to pass a bipartisan government funding bill that includes over $9 million in direct support for local projects across Southcentral Wisconsin. Included in the government funding package is support for projects that help Wisconsinites get good, affordable health care, connect Wisconsinites with job training and good-paying jobs, and build more affordable housing. Senator Baldwin also successfully spearheaded the effort to stop President Trump’s misguided attempt to cut funding from public education, slash cancer and other disease research, and scale back opioid and addiction services. Today, the House of Representatives passed this legislation and now awaits the President’s signature.
“At a time when costs are rising, and families are struggling to make ends meet, I fought hard to bring home investments to address their kitchen table issues and our communities’ most pressing problems,” said Senator Baldwin. “I worked closely with communities across Southcentral Wisconsin to fund projects that will put high-quality health care within reach for more people, support our small businesses and entrepreneurs, and help people land those good-paying jobs. I am also proud to have stopped President Trump’s efforts to make deep cuts to education funding, slash cancer and other disease research, and take us a step back in our fight in the opioid epidemic.”
The bipartisan government funding package includes Senator Baldwin’s bill to fund the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. Senator Baldwin’s bipartisan bill rejects the Trump Administration’s effort to cut funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), public schools, and addiction and mental health care, while putting up strong guardrails to ensure funding is spent as intended and without delay. The bill also sets a two-week deadline to negotiate a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that delivers accountability and puts commonsense guardrails on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The funding package included direct support for 6 projects in Southcentral Wisconsin. The following projects were funded:
Prevention and Response Columbia County: $97,000 for school and afterschool-based youth prevention.
Madison Area Technical College: $660,000 to expand nursing, health, and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) programs to address healthcare workforce shortages.
Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness: $750,000for programming to enhance economic security and family stability for at-risk women and families.
Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin: $970,000 for apprenticeship navigators, certified pre-apprenticeship training, and apprentice supports.
Upland Hills Health: $2,000,000 for the construction of a senior living campus.
City of Janesville: $5,000,000for the removal of blight.
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