Press Release
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Washington – Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) voted to pass the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, a set of six domestic funding bills focused on helping families and communities across the United States. The investments in the bill will help families with the cost of living, create and sustain good-paying jobs, and help people in need.
“Funding the government is one of the most important responsibilities for Congress, and today’s set of bills, while not perfect, will fund our government and ensure we can continue working to keep our economy strong,” said Thompson. “These bills include funding I secured for priority projects in Solano County, and I look forward to seeing President Biden sign this bill into law.”
The Consolidated Appropriations Act included $2,309,752 in funding for three projects in Solano County. The projects are:
• $959,752 for the Rio Vista Wastewater Plant Consolidation and Reclaimed Water Project
• $850,000 for the Vacaville Neighborhood Boys & Girls Club
• $500,000 for the Dixon Police Department 2nd Story Expansion
Background on these projects can be found below.
The Rio Vista Wastewater Plant Consolidation and Reclaimed Water Project supports the Clean Water Act standards by eliminating the direct discharge of water into the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, recharges the aquifer on which Rio Vista City relies for drinking water, and mitigates drought issues by providing a reusable water source.
The Vacaville Neighborhood Boys & Girls Club Project provides for the construction of a new, 8,000 square-foot Clubhouse with a 4,000 square-foot sport court vastly expanding the capacity to inspire and empower Vacaville’s youth. A new facility, designed specifically for the Vacaville Neighborhood Boys & Girls Club will double the number of children, up to 120 each day, that will benefit from the Club experience. A 4,000 square-foot sport court, just outside the new facility, will enhance the Club’s ability to offer recreation, games, and sporting experiences to children. The Brown Street location was intentionally selected to keep the Club accessible in the largest, low-income neighborhood of the Vacaville community. Offering life changing, evidence-based programs in life skills, academic success, character and citizenship development, healthy lifestyles, and recreation will only help to level the playing field for those who experience barriers to a productive and positive life. Also, the new 10,000 square-foot facility will include space for a computer lab to teach 21st century skills like coding, provide a homework center/STEM room to provide opportunities for academic success, and a game room for recreation and fun.
The Dixon Police Department 2nd Story Expansion project will secure a second story expansion to Dixon Police Department building. The expansion would add approximately 3,650 square feet of space and accommodate up to approximately 20 staff. With the growth that the City of Dixon is currently experiencing, it is necessary to expand the Police force and provide the members of the Police Department with an efficient and productive department in which to complete their work.
This first government package invests in America’s future and delivers for the American people by:
• Helping with the high cost of living, creating and sustaining tens of thousands of good paying jobs, fighting inflation, and providing full funding for key lifelines such as food assistance and more affordable housing and homeownership.
• Protecting women’s rights by blocking attempts to limit women’s access to reproductive health care, including abortion, and by increasing funding for gender-based violence prevention and prosecution programs.
• Confronting the climate crisis, fighting climate change, and ensuring America’s energy independence with robust, transformative investments in deploying clean energy technologies in communities across the country, and providing funding for cutting-edge scientific and climate-related research.
• Honoring our commitments to our veterans by ensuring they receive the care and benefits that they have earned and investing in veterans’ health care, including targeted investments that advance women's health, mental health, and homelessness assistance.
• Funds community projects: Responds directly to pressing needs in Lake County and districts like mine by supporting underserved areas and fostering the economic development that makes communities healthier, safer, and stronger through community projects.
This package includes the following funding bills: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies; Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies; Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies; Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies; Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies; and Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies.
The remaining six appropriations bills for fiscal year 2024 are expected to be released in the coming days and be voted on ahead of their expiration on March 22.