U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern today announced that the Holden Fire Department has been awarded $261,250 in Vehicle Acquisition funding under the 2008 Assistance to Firefighter Grant program. -I'm very pleased with this funding,- Rep. McGovern said. -I know that this federal assistance has been a high priority for the Holden Fire Department. The Department will now be able to obtain a new, much safer tanker. I believe that homeland security starts with hometown security. It's critical that we provide l...
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U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern today announced that the Westborough, Attleboro and Seekonk Fire Departments have been awarded a total of $384,815 in Operations and Safety funding under the 2008 Assistance to Firefighter Grant program. Westborough will receive $94,677. Attleboro will receive $223,636. Seekonk will receive $66,500. -I'm very pleased with this funding,- Rep. McGovern said. -I believe that homeland security starts with hometown security. It's critical that we provide local first responders...
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Package includes Rep. McGovern's transit benefit provision U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern today hailed passage in the House of Representatives of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. -America is facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression,- Rep. McGovern said. -We need to act quickly and boldly to put people back to work and restore confidence. It's estimated that this package will save or create 7,600 jobs in the Third Congressional District alone. In addition, it will pr...
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M. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. George W. Bush left the country with an economy much worse off than the one he inherited from the Clinton Administration. Eight years after being handed record budget surpluses, President Bush passed onto President Obama an economy that has record budget deficits and is in the worse shape since the Great Depression. Unemployment is rising - 55,000 more jobs were lost yesterday alone. Wages are stagnating and wo...
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