CAGW's Preliminary Report on Pork
and Government Waste

 

AGRICULTURE

$1 million for the Iowa historical Society for exhibits related to the world food prize

$560,000 for the Montana Sheep Institute in Bozeman

$1 million for a DNA bear sampling study in Montana

$280,000 for asparagus technology and production in Washington

$220,000 to research future foods in Illinois

$250,000 for research on the interaction of grapefruit juice and drugs

$700,000 for the Midwest poultry consortium in Iowa

$600,000 for Tri-state joint peanut research in Alabama

$500,000 for Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois Corn Growers Association for a pilot program to develop "production protocols"

$50,000 to combat "feral hogs" in Missouri

$500,000 to continue hybrid poplar research in Wisconsin

$2 million for the Biomass Gasification Research Facility in Birmingham, Alabama

$500,000 for the gasification of switchgrass in Iowa

$1 million for the National Agricultural-Based Industrial Lubricants Center

$3 million for an award to the National Technology Transfer Center for a coal slurry impoundment pilot project in Southern West Virginia

$1 million for the Automated Nursery Project in Mississippi

$500,000 for Vermillion Community College in Ely, Minnesota for development of a Professional Forest Harvester Program

$631,000 for research into alternative salmon products, AK

$360,000 for research into alternative uses for tobacco, MD

$6.2 million for wood utilization research

$750,000 for sea otter research

$732,000 for the Center for Designing Foods at Iowa State

$500,000 for catfish health in Stoneville, Miss.

$350,000 for sweet potato research in Miss.

$300,000 grasshopper and cricket control in Nebraska

$250,000 for wine research at UC-Davis

$250,000 to research interactions between grapefruit juice and drugs

$210,000 for swine hoop barn research in Iowa

$100,000 for the Sea Otter Commission in Alaska

$50,000 to study shiitake mushrooms in Booneville, Ark

VA-HUD

$180,000 for the Franco-American Heritage Center in Lewiston, Maine

$405,000 for continued renovations of the Tennessee Theatre in Knoxville

$450,000 for the capital needs of the Lubbock (TX) Amphitheater

$900,000 for the renovation of the El Paso Plaza Theater

$450,000 for the National Soccer Program Development Initiative

$405,000 for continued renovations of the Tennessee Theatre in Knoxville

$900,000 for the renovation of the El Paso Plaza Theater

$45,000 for construction of facilities associated with the Helen Keller festival in Tuscumbia, AL

$180,000 for renovations to the Mercado shopping center in Guadalupe, AZ

$202,500 for the National Cherry Festival in Michigan

$270,000 for renovations to the Virginia Park Shopping Center in Detroit, Michigan

$90,000 for remodeling the Sammy Burke Youth Boxing Center and for a motor vehicle to serve the Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico

$270,000 for construction at the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia

$725,000 for the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia

$750,000 for the Baseball Hall of Fame

$650,000 for grasshopper and cricket control in Utah

$500,000 for the Boat House Museum in St. Charles, Missouri

$500,000 for Tongass Coast Aquarium in Alaska

$350,000 for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

$90,000 for the Cowgirl Hall of Fame

$300,000 for historic preservation of the Daly Mansion

$202,500 to the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame, Sports Research Center in Patchogue, New York for facilities renovations

$405,000 to the Staten Island Soccer League of New York for facilities construction

$800,000 to the New York Olympic Regional Development Authority for facilities construction for the Mount VanHoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex

$202,500 for facilities construction for the Dual Rail Industrial Park in Dooly County, Georgia

$180,000 for the City of Shreveport, Louisiana for the re-development of a bus terminal $405,000 to the City of Elgin, Illinois for construction of pedestrian improvements

$250,000 to the Missouri Soybean Association to develop a Missouri soybeen seed composition and analysis program;

$202,500 for the National Peanut Festival Fairgrounds for construction of the National Peanut Festival Agriculture Arena in Donthan, Alabama

$405,000 to the London-Laurel County Tourist Commission, Kentucky for facilities construction for the Blue Gray Civil War Theme Park

$81,000 to the Lawrence County Farm Show, Inc. for facilities construction in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania

$202,500 for the City of Clearwater, Florida for Waterfront facilities construction of the "Beach by Design Initiative"

$90,000 to the City of Cleveland, Ohio for economic development planning for the LTV Steel Economic Development Initiative

$202,500 for the Warner Robins Museum of Aviation in Houston County, Georgia for expansion of facilities for the Century of Flight exhibit

$283,500 to the Monroe County Wellness Center, Inc. of Monroe County, Kentucky for facilities construction

$450,000 for the Northeast Ventures Corporation in Duluth, Minnesota for a revolving loan fund

$202,500 to the Michigan State Trust for Railway Preservation, Inc. for construction of facilities for the Steam Railroading Institute's "linear museum concept" in Shiawasse County, Michigan

$1.5 million for the Food and Agriculture Policy Research Initiative in Columbia, Missouri to analyze commercial shipping alternatives

$135,000 to the Culinary and Hospitality Academy Center of Las Vegas, Nevada for construction related to expansion of an education training center

$270,000 for Garth Fagen Dance Studio in Rochester, New York for construction of a new theater

$202,500 to the city of Clairsville, Ohio for renovation and restoration of the Clarendon Hotel building

$202,500 to continue the rehabilitation of the former Alaska Pulp Company mill site in Sitka, Alaska

$450,000 for the Mananuska-Susita Borough for an agricultural processing facility in Wasilla, Alaksa

$81,000 to the County of San Bernadino, California for facilities expansion for the Big Bear Zoo

$90,000 for the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California for renovations necessary for theater improvements

$202,500 for the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum in Palm Springs, California for facilities reconstruction

$405,000 for the Harp Foundation for construction of the Historic Arkansas Riverwalk "Link" Project of Pueblo, Colorado

$90,000 to the City of Meriden, Connecticut for a study to determine the feasibility of the construction of a community play house and arts center that is $90,000 just to study whether or not something should be built

$90,000 for the City of Waterbury, Connecticut for an economic feasibility study focused on construction of a multi-purpose sports facility

$90,000 to St. Petersburg, Florida for completion of facilities improvements at the Florida Botanical Garden and Folk Cultural Center

$900,000 for the historic restoration and renovation of the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida.

ENERGY AND WATER

$1.6 million for enhanced oil spill prevention activities in the waters of Washington State

LABOR-HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

$800,000 Institute for International Sport at the University of Rhode Island to support the Scholar-Athlete Games

$50,000 School District of Flambeau, Tony, WI, for equipment and technology to create a national parks virtual reality program

$300,000 Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, for Universal Kitchen Design project

$400,000 - Alaska Humanities Forum to develop Alaska State history texts and curriculum, including oral history, for use in Alaska schools

$250,000 - Anchorage Musem of History and Art and Alaska Humanities Forum to develop curriculum on Alaskan culture and art for Alaska schools

$3 million - Council of Chief State School Officers for Business/Education Leaders Institute - this is a total liberal group that fights us on anything good in education

$800,000 - GRAMMY Foundation, CA, for music and arts education programs
$50,000 - Great Projects Film Company, Inc, NY, to produce "Educating America," a documentary television series and multi-media project about challenges facing public schools

$7 million - Exchanges with Historic Whaling and Trading Partners
$50,000 - My Hero Project, CT, to expand an interactive education web site
$50,000 - Pro Sports Outreach
$10,000 - Teen Tyme Productions, KY, for positive broadcasting programs for teens

$200,000 for the Maxine Waters Employment Preparation Center;


TRANSPORTATION
$1.375 million WestStart's vehicular flywheel project, WA
$382,000 Multi-Colored Scenic Byways Signs for Idaho's Scenic, Historic, and Back County Byways

$250,000 multidisciplinary driver research program
$700,000 Transportation Research Institute at the George Washington University VA campus

$200,000 Living Wall project Farmington Hills, Michigan
$520,000 Multi-use Equestrian and Hiking Trail, Holmes County, Ohio
$500,000 Museum Campus Trolleys Chicago, Illinois
$1.2 million High Street Revitalization Lawrenceburg, Indiana
$500,000 Intervale Scenic Vista Project New Hampshire
$1.1 million Freemont County Project, Wyoming
$842,500 Gateway Trail Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
$250,000 Iditarod Historic National Trail Project Alaksa
$500,000 Kenai River Trail Alaska

$500,000 Lowell Canalway and Riverwalk Design Massachusetts

INTERIOR

$1 million for a bear DNA sampling project in Montana

$250,000 for beaver management in North Carolina

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE

$150,000 for Charleston Bump Billfish Tagging

$150,000 for Lobster Sampling

$650,000 for Horseshoe Crab Research

$450,000 for Pacific Tropical Ornamental Fish

$450,000 to the competitive analysis of global salmon

$10 million for the Alaskan Seafood Marketing Program

$5 million for McGruff the Crime Dog

$50 million to establish the United States Travel and Tourism Promotion Advisory Board

$35 million for the shrimp industries of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic, to provide far-reaching assistance for many aspects of these fisheries

$20,000,000 provided for voluntary capacity reduction programs in the Northeast and West Coast groundfish fisheries

$5 million for Hawaiian fishermen affected by fishing area closures and other management rules

$5 million is for blue crab fisheries affected by low harvests

$10 million from the "Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to American Fisheries" fund, to develop an Alaskan seafood marketing program

LEG BRANCH

$150,000 for new office space for the "King of Pork," Sen. Robert Byrd

$200,000 for the replacement of Minton Tile in the Capitol complex

$319,000 for Chandelier Restoration and Crystal Globe Replacement in the Capitol; $25,000 for the maintenance of an outdoor sculpture on the Capitol Grounds

$108,000 for kitchen exhaust and redesign in the Senate Office Buildings

$1 million for a company called Culpeper Glass in Warrenton, VA, that produces glass display cases for the Library of Congress

$989,000 for a Lewis and Clark Exhibition at the Library of Congress

MISC.

$48 million for the Denali Commission to fund projects in Alaska (this is in addition to all the other earmarks for Alaska)

$278,000 for the George Eastman house