Chet Edwards For Congress

July 11, 2006
Congressman Edwards visits Madisonville

Madisonville Meteor
By Tina Baiter | Meteor staff writer

U.S. Congressman Chet Edwards visited Madisonville on Friday, July 7, to talk with county officials and people from the community about funding for a project to widen Hwy 21 and about funding for a new roof at the hospital.

“When I first started coming to Madison County...people talked about transportation and healthcare as two priorities,” Edwards said. “Madison County doesn't ask for a lot from me. You do pay federal taxes...so I've worked to see we get some of your tax dollars back.”

In June, Edwards announced that he secured $1 million to widen Highway 21 under the 2007 Transportation Appropriations Bill, which has passed the House of Representatives.

He also announced he secured $165,000 to construct a roof for Madison St. Joseph's Health Center under the 2007 Labor, Education, Health and Human Services Appropriations Bill, which passed the House Appropriations Com-mittee. That money has not yet passed the House's approval though.

“This is a perfect example of a partnership of local and county governments working to get with the federal government,” Edwards said. “It was just a privilege for me to be your voice in congress. This (funding for Hwy 21) was my first request on the Transportation Appropria-tions Bill this year.”

March 27, 2006
Proposed trail being expanded

Fort Worth Star Telegram
By MARTHA DELLER | Star-Telegram Staff Writer

BURLESON - Motorists will soon have a faster east-west route across Burleson via Hidden Creek Parkway.

And city leaders say they hope a six-mile trail system for hikers and bikers will not be far behind.

Once separate projects, the road construction and trail creation have become intertwined. As the road is being built, it has created an opportunity for expanding a planned trail, said longtime Councilman Jim Bailey.

March 24, 2006
Keene chamber hears of gas, SIFE, Edwards' business votes

Cleburne Times Review
By Matt Smith | Staff writer

KEENE - Thursday's Keene Chamber luncheon attracted the monthly event's largest crowd in recent memory, said chamber president Janet Goodman.

The program included three speaking segments and ran longer than usual. Audience members didn't appear to mind, given the chance to hear from Southwestern Adventist University's Students In Free Enterprise team, First State Bank Texas Keene Branch President Peter Bennis and U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco.

March 24, 2006
Editorial: Truly mammoth

Waco Tribune Herald
By Editorial Staff | Tribune-Herald

Before directing your attention to the potential for the Waco Mammoth Site, we direct your attention to the little town of Vernal, Utah. Up in the northeast corner of the state, almost in Colorado, it is the nearest city to Dinosaur National Monument. That monument, with an ongoing dig of fossils that visitors can still see embedded in a hillside, is Vernal's claim to fame. Dinosaur images are seen all over town.

March 23, 2006
Baylor, Waco donate funds for historic site

Baylor Lariat
By LAURA FRASE | Baylor Lariat reporter

Baylor and the city of Waco each donated $100,000 to the Waco Mammoth Site, they announced Wednesday at a news conference at the Mayborn Museum Complex.

The gifts matched a $200,000 donation secured by Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, in 2005 from the Save America's Treasures grant program, said Sarah Levine, director of marketing at the Mayborn Museum Complex.