The mammoth $1.7 billion spending bill approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday and poised for final approval by President Joe Biden ahead of next week’s deadline to avoid a government shutdown represents a substantial windfall for Hawaii, as trumpeted by the state’s congressional delegation.
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The omnibus package, which cleared the Senate earlier in the week, includes $858 billion for defense and 772.5 billion for domestic programs
The bill includes $1 billion in new funding for the defueling and shutdown of the Red Hill Bulk Storage Facility and an additional $25 million for initial planning and design of a potential Red Hill Water Treatment Facility
U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, said he worked with congressional leaders to secure $530 million in new earmarks, more than double the amount appropriated last year
Rep. Ed Case, a member of the House Appropriations Committee, secured nearly $95 million for Hawaii via fourteen Community Project Funding requests
The omnibus package, which cleared the Senate earlier in the week, includes $858 billion for defense and 772.5 billion for domestic programs as well as $40 billion for disaster response and $45 billion in aid to Ukraine.
