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House vote may help Disaster City

June 7, 2006
House vote may help Disaster City

Bryan-College Station Eagle
By Eagle Staff Report |

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Proposed budget cuts hurt TEEX

February 27, 2006
Proposed budget cuts hurt TEEX

The Battalion
By Bunmi Ishola | Battalion staff writer

Thirty thousand fewer emergency personnel may be trained at Texas A&M and 97,000 nation-wide each year if a proposed federal budget cut is passed, said U.S. Representative Chet Edwards.

A&M's National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center (NERRTC) is facing a possible $15 million cut for the 2007 fiscal year, decreasing funding from its current $22 million to $7 million.

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Edwards Stops $12.5 Million Cut ...

May 10, 2005
Edwards Stops $12.5 Million Cut in Homeland Security Funding for A&M Program

(WASHINGTON, DC) – U.S. Representative Chet Edwards, a member of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, today announced that $20 million has been approved by the full House Appropriations Committee today for 2006 homeland security training and projects at the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center (NERRTC) at Texas A&M University. The approved funding reverses a $12.5 million proposed cut under the Administration’s 2006 homeland security budget for NERRTC that would have resulted in only a $7.5 million allocation, or 60% cut, next year.

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