Congressional earmarks for Oklahoma's Second Congressional District

As Congress debates earmark reform legislation, I will be posting on this site a list of all earmarks I have received for Eastern Oklahoma. You deserve to know what I am doing on your behalf and how your tax dollars are being spent. To read more about my position on earmark reform click here.
 

110th Congress - 2nd Session (2008)

$35 million in the U.S. House of Representatives FY2009 Defense Authorization Act
(see press release):

• $15 million for the Excalibur extended-range artillery projectile the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant (McAAP)
• $8.5 million for development of the small arms and light weapons detection system; the Ground Warfare Acoustical Combat System (GWACS)
• $6 million for the construction of new connecting rail-lines at McAAP for expedited munitions movement
• $4 million for the procurement of ammunition peculiar equipment (APE) out-loading equipment at the McAlester Defense Ammunition Center (DAC)
• $1.5 million for power conversion equipment projects for future naval ship power generator technology

110th Congress - 1st Session (2007)

$4.9 Million in the FY 08 Omnibus Appropriations bill, you have the following projects:

• $181,855 in funding for digital radiology equipment the Family Health Center of Southern Oklahoma in Tishomingo (see press release)
• $426,174 in funding for the Local Wellness Center of the Delaware County Boys and Girls Club (see press release)
• $490,000 in funding for the improvements to United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees roads (see press release)
• $423,000 in funding for law enforcement equipment for the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees Light Horse Patrol (see press release)
• $188,000 in funding for domestic violence assistance programs of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees (See press release)
• $490,000 in funding for road improvements at the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge (see press release)
• $2.7 million in funding for improvements to Camp Gruber by the Oklahoma National Guard (see press release)

$5.6 Million in the FY 08 Defense Appropriations Act (see press release):

• $2 million in funding for bomb-line modernization at McAlester Army Ammunition Plant (McAAP)
• $800,000 for ammunition peculiar equipment (APE) at the Defense Ammunition Center (DAC) at McAAP
• $2 million in funding for the AIRS missile defense program
• $800,000 in funding for power conversion equipment projects for future naval ship power generator programs for Westwood Tulsa

Project Requests for the Second District

111th Congress (1st and 2nd Session)

109th Congress (1st and 2nd Session)