Maria Cantwell: “the explanatory statement to accompany H.R. 2764, which includes the Omnibus Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2008…”

“the explanatory statement to accompany H.R. 2764, which includes the Omnibus Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2008, inadvertently omitted the following items for which I had made a request to the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Subcommittee and for which I had submitted the appropriate letter of pecuniary interest. Those items are: under the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service Special Research Grants account, the Pacific Northwest Small Fruit Research Center for Idaho, Oregon and Washington, operated in cooperation with Washington State University, which was awarded $329,000; under the Agriculture Research Service Salaries & Expenses account, the Potato Research Enhancement Project in Prosser, WA, co-located with the Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center of Washington State University, which was awarded $288,000 and under the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service account, the Washington Clean Plant Network which was awarded $225,000. All three of these projects are essential to the ongoing development of my home state's vital agriculture industry. I thank Chairman Kohl and Ranking Member Bennett for their work to correct the record with respect to these three projects.”