I'm glad my Congressman is such a fiscal conservative

[Tony_FLADEM]

Belleair Causeway Bridge Replacement $34,000,000
Pinellas County beach renourishment - Sand Key $10,000,000
Tampa Harbor Alafia Channel widening $10,000,000
Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority bus replacement program $9,300,000
Tampa Harbor Big Bend channel widening $7,500,000
St. Petersburg/Clearwater International Airport Runway Extension $6,000,000
All Children's Hospital construction, new research facility St. Pete $5,600,000
Bay Pines Veterans Medical Center, new inspector general office $5,000,000
Pinellas County Trail - buying CSX right of way in St. Petersburg $5,000,000
40th Street road improvement project, Tampa $4,250,000
Tampa Bay Reservoir completion, Hillsborough County $4,000,000
Roosevelt/Ulmerton widening, St. Petersburg and Pinellas $4,000,000
Pinellas County Emergency Communications Wireless Test Bed Project $4,000,000
Operation PAR, construction of drug rehabilitation facility in Pasco County $3,000,000
National Clearinghouse for Science and the Law at Stetson University College of Law, St. Petersburg $3,000,000
Pinellas County traffic monitoring program $3,000,000
Clearwater sidewalk and curb improvements $3,000,000
Enterprise Village - elementary school program with Junior Achievement, Inc. $2,500,000
Albert Whitted Airport control tower, St. Petersburg $2,200,000
St. Anthony's Hospital oncology equipment/renovation, St. Pete $2,000,000
Operation PAR, Child and Family Guidance Center construction, Pinellas Park $2,000,000
Center for Biological Defense/ Construction, University of South Florida $2,000,000
Moffitt Cancer Center information sharing project $2,000,000
Pinellas STAR Center - National Forensic ScienceTechnology Center for criminal lab training and validation $2,000,000
USF hydrogen fuel cell research $2,000,000
STAR Center program on radiation detection, Largo $2,000,000
US Geological Survey St. Petersburg science program $1,600,000
Eckerd Youth Alternatives, Transition to Independence Foster Care Demonstration, Clearwater $1,500,000
Drug Free America, St. Petersburg-based drug education program $1,500,000
Dental, Orthotics and Prosthetics Program Buildings, St. Petersburg College $1,485,420
Reclaimed water project, Southwest Florida Water Management District $1,425,000
Sediment removal from canals, downtown Tampa $1,300,000
STAR Center capital improvements $1,200,000
Baycare Hospitals computerized records initiative, Pinellas County $1,000,000
Preparing for and Aging Society: Pilot Project of the Florida University System, University of South Florida $1,000,000
Pinellas STAR Center program to link businesses and employees $1,000,000
Eckerd College campus technology upgrades $1,000,000
Graduate Program in Orthotics and Prosthetics by the University of South Florida $1,000,000
Pinellas County Environmental Foundation, conservation program $1,000,000
Clearwater Beach, Florida Beachwalk project $900,000
Salvador Dali museum, St. Petersburg $900,000
Dunedin community center $900,000
Museum of Fine Arts expansion, St. Petersburg $900,000
Coastal environment research, University of South Florida $750,000
Substance abuse/mental program, Pinellas County Public Defender $750,000
Coastal ocean monitoring and prediction network for West Florida, University of South Florida $750,000
Eckerd College Youth Opportunity Center, St. Petersburg, Florida $675,000
Florida International Museum, St. Petersburg, educational program with St. Petersburg College $650,000
St. Petersburg, Jordan School redevelopment project $600,000
St. Petersburg, Tangerine Avenue community redevelopment project $600,000
St. Petersburg bike trails $600,000
USF, Florida Mental Health Institute treatment program $500,000
Eckerd College leadership training program for government agencies $500,000
Cancer clinical trials, Moffitt Cancer Center, University of South Florida $500,000
Pinellas County Schools, computer training program for academically challenged students $500,000
Phoenix House drug rehabilitation center in Hillsborough/Pasco $500,000
Clearwater, wastewater and reclaimed water project $500,000
Treasure Island wastewater and sewer system upgrade $500,000
Largo Police computer project $500,000
Pinellas County Sheriff records management system $500,000
Marine sensor program, University of South Florida $500,000
St. Petersburg intermodal transportation facility $500,000
Family Services Center of Clearwater reverse commute program $500,000
Clearwater bike trails $500,000
Tarpon Springs sidewalk and curb improvements $500,000
Egmont Key Shoreline Stabilization $500,000
Treasure Island sidewalk and curb improvements $450,000
Palm Harbor, downtown revitalization project $400,000
Treasure Island, construction of beach walkovers $400,000
Catholic Charities Mercy House, residential program for women with AIDS, St. Petersburg $380,000
Center for Teaching Transformation at St. Petersburg College, Tarpon Springs Campus $350,000
All Children's Hospital Obesity Education Project, St. Pete $300,000
St. Petersburg, industrial park development near Tropicana Field $300,000
St. Petersburg Bartlett Park improvements $300,000
St. Petersburg College Mid-Pinellas Science Center $300,000
Eckerd College Science Center (construction) $300,000
Project for the Disabled, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg Campus $260,000
Jobs Training for Homeless Veterans Pilot Program, St. Vincent de Paul Homeless Shelter, St. Petersburg $250,000
University of South Florida research on globalization $250,000
Educational demonstration program of the Florida Orchestra, Tampa $250,000
North Greenwood afterschool academic program, Clearwater $250,000
Urban League community center, St. Petersburg $250,000
Tampa Bay History Center, Tampa $250,000
Clearwater police department technology upgrades $250,000
Pinellas County Sheriff Police Athletic League $250,000
Pasco County Sheriff communications system $250,000
Largo small business information project $250,000
US Geological Survey - St. Petersburg Asian & African dust study $250,000
Veterans job training, Worknet Pinellas, Clearwater $200,000
Largo Central Park renovations $200,000
Clearwater Homeless Intervention Project $200,000
Pinellas County Sheriff, sexual predator program $200,000
St. Petersburg Harbor project evaluation report $200,000
Oldsmar municipal water system $150,000
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - St. Petersburg Coastal program office $150,000
National Armed Services and Law Enforcement Memorial Museum, Dunedin $100,000
Tampa General Hospital children's nutrition program $90,000
TOTAL $179,815,420

Projects included in bills passed earlier this year
Construction of additional family housing units at MacDill AFB $22,973,000
National Functional Genomics Center - Moffitt Cancer Center $8,500,000
USF Bioterrorism program - Chemical and Biological Defense/Rapid Response $8,500,000
Central Command - planning and design of a new headquarters building at MacDill AFB $8,000,000
St. Pete College - multi-Jurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training $3,500,000
St. Pete College - First Responder Training at the National Terrorism Preparedness Institute $2,975,000
USF St. Petersburg - Microelectomechanical Systems and Nanotechnology program $2,750,000
Special Operations Command - MacDill - Research on Microelectomechanical Systems and Nanotechnology $2,600,000
St. Pete College - Florida National Guard Counterdrug Program $2,550,000
USF St. Petersburg - Ocean Technology/Autonomous Marine Sensors $2,500,000
USF - Continuation of software development for Military and Civilian applications project $2,100,000
USF - Biomedical engineering initiative $1,500,000
St. Pete College Military Police MCTFT Joint Training $1,000,000
USF - National Testbed for Resue Robotics $1,000,000
USF - Silicon Carbide research program $1,000,000
USF - Center for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistamce $1,000,000
Total $72,448,000
Grand Total $252,263,420

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[pa28]

1. We are the party of fiscal responsibility and balanced budgets.

They are the party of reckless spending, influence peddling and pork.

The record backs it up.