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. “This package of bills includes funding I secured for priority projects in Yolo County, and I look forward to seeing President Biden sign this bill into law.”
The Consolidated Appropriations Act included $2,332,291 in funding for three projects in Yolo County. The projects are:
• $1,050,000 for the I-5/SR 113 Connectors as part of the East Main Street Neighborhood Livability Project in Woodland
• $850,000 for the South Davis Library and Community Center Project
• $432,291 for a Fire Truck for the Clarksburg Fire Protection District
Background on these projects can be found below.
The East Main Street Neighborhood Livability Project will construct crucial freeway-to-freeway connectors between Interstate 5 and State Route 113 in Woodland. Current traffic must exit the freeway use City streets to travel between northbound I-5 and southbound SR 113 as well as northbound SR 113 and southbound I-5. The project will deliver economic, safety, sustainability, and livability benefits by completing the only east-west freeway route within the region aside from I-80, which also serves as the only east-west overweight truck route in the entire Sacramento region. The project facilitates better access to regional commercial centers and the Sacramento International Airport, and better support Woodland's thriving food and agriculture processing economy. Locally, the project will enhance safety for Woodland residents and visitors by removing interstate highway traffic from local roads and providing safe routes for bicyclists and pedestrians and facilitate crucial East-West emergency response.
The South Davis Library and Community Center Project will help to build a library in South Davis, an economically disadvantaged portion of the city which has experienced significant population growth over the past two decades. The building will also serve as a community center for the impoverished area, providing a facility that would be a warming/cooling center and a place where residents can go for smoke relief during wildfires, and power outages and extreme weather events.
The Clarksburg Fire District Water Tender will significantly enhance the safety and resources for fire protection in the rural district by replacing aging equipment as well as allow for the expanding participation in mutual aid agreements with neighboring fire districts, the State of California, and Federal agencies. This new apparatus will improve the district’s ability to response to fires effectively, providing a valuable water resource given the lack of municipal water sources (hydrants) in the area.
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.