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ON VIDEO: Blunt Blasts Stimulus, While Praising A Project that Received Stimulus Funds
For Immediate Release: February 17, 2010 Contact: Ryan Hobart (573) 636-5241 Ext. 125 ON VIDEO: Blunt Blasts Stimulus, While Praising A Project that Received Stimulus Funds VIEW VIDEO VIDEO Blunt Praises Project: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5ZFmHrb_bA VIDEO Blunt Blasts Stimulus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSBTf7JSa-Q Jefferson City, Mo. -- On the anniversary of the economic stimulus package Congressman Roy Blunt voted against, he attended an event for a Springfield project that received over one million dollars in funding from the stimulus package. “Only someone who has been in Washington as long as Roy Blunt could praise a project while also saying it shouldn’t receive funds,” said Missouri Democratic Party Communications Director Ryan Hobart. “Congressman Blunt’s hypocrisy and DC doublespeak insults the intelligence of voters and attempts to hide his record of voting in favor of special interests and not the people of Missouri.” BLUNT PRAISED BROWNFIELD PROJECT FUNDED BY STIMULUS HE VOTED AGAINST: BLUNT BASHES STIMULUS THAT HAS SENT MILLIONS TO 7th DISTRICT: --30--
Asked for his thoughts on the stimulus after touring the project that benefitted from more than $1 million in stimulus funding , Blunt said his vote had been "the right vote" and proposed blocking all remaining stimulus funds.
Blunt Said Vote Against Stimulus Was "The Right Vote" While Visiting Site That Benefitted From $1.1 Million Stimulus Funds. Following a driving tour of the Springfield Brownfields program that benefitted from $1.1 million in stimulus funding, Blunt said his vote against the stimulus package "was the right vote." BLUNT: “Well actually, the stimulus hasn't produced the results the president called for. I voted against the stimulus. I continue to think that was the right vote." [City of Springfield Brownsfields Tour, Springfield, 2/17/09]
Blunt Proposed Blocking Remaining Stimulus Funds While Visiting Site That Benefitted From $1.1 Million in Stimulus Money. Following a driving tour of the Springfield Brownfields program that benefitted from $1.1 million in stimulus funding, Blunt said he was "sponsoring legislation to end the stimulus that hasn't been spent, and if they're worthy projects in what hasn't been spent, come back to the Congress one at a time, make the argument why those matter." [City of Springfield Brownsfields Tour, Springfield, 2/17/09]
• Headline – Stimulus Funds Will Improve Springfield Sewer Plant's Disinfection Capacity. According to a media advisory released by the City of Springfield, "This [Ozone Disinfecting System] project is made possible through a $16 million combination low-interest loan and direct grant of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding." [KY3 Springfield, 2/17/10; City of Springfield, Media Advisory, 2/16/10]
• Springfield Received Two Recovery Grants Totaling $600,000 for Brownfields Cleanup. In May, the EPA announced two grants for the Springfield area environmental cleanup projects: $200,000 in Recovery Act funds to clean up the Jordan Valley West Meadows Site 4 and $400,000 in Recovery Act fund to address community wide hazardous waste and petroleum. [EPA, Press Release, 5/8/09]
• Springfield Brownfields Program Received In Additional $500,000 in Stimulus Funds From EPA. On August 4, 2009, the EPA issued a press release announcing "that the City of Springfield, Mo., has been selected to receive $510,000 to provide loans and sub-grants to help carry out cleanup activities, redevelopment projects, and create jobs for local residents living near brownfields sites. EPA selected Springfield to receive the grant based on the city's demonstrated ability to assist the community through effective brownfields redevelopment loans. Revolving loan funds are generally used to provide low- or no-interest loans for brownfields cleanups. This grant was funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009…Springfield will use its supplemental funding to replenish the revolving loan fund, from which it will provide loans and subgrants to support cleanup activities at several of 11 shovel-ready projects identified as being contaminated with hazardous substances and petroleum." [EPA, Press Release, 8/4/09]
