Chet Edwards For Congress

Cleburne Times-Review: House bill includes $1 million for Joshua

Published: November 02, 2009
Special to the Times-Review

The final 2010 Interior Appropriations bill includes $1 million to upgrade and improve drainage system problems in Joshua, said U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco.

KWTX: Waco Awarded $2.7 Million In HUD Grants

KWTX TV | October 14, 2009

WACO (October 14, 2009) — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded $2.7 million in community development grants to the City of Waco, Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, announced Wednesday.

The city will receive a $1.7 million Community Development Block Grant and a $1 million HOME grant, Edwards said.

Cleburne Times-Review: House passes funding

From Staff Reports
October 04, 2009

Funding for the final stage of renovations to Hamm Creek Park, included in 2010 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill, passed the U.S. House on Thursday by a 308-114 vote.

U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, said he secured $543,000 in funding for the project in the bill. Edwards serves as vice chairman of the Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee and was a member of the House-Senate conference committee that wrote the bill. Edwards said he expects the bill to pass the Senate and be signed into law by President Obama.

Waco Trib: Federal aid to fund school mentors

Waco Tribune-Herald | By Wendy Gragg, Tribune-Herald staff writer | Friday, October 02, 2009

If you think you might be up for taking on a local student as a weekly lunch buddy or afternoon Scrabble partner, then Communities In Schools is looking for you.

Communities In Schools, a nonprofit agency that puts community resources to work to help children succeed in schools, is looking to significantly expand its school-based mentoring program after receiving federal stimulus funds.

Communities In Schools Heart of Texas has been granted $500,000 to use to recruit hundreds of people during the next few years to be mentors to 10- to 17-year-old students in Waco and La Vega schools and at the Waco Center for Youth’s Residential Treatment Center.

Cleburne Times-Review: Medicare bill passes House, Edwards supports act

Special to the Times-Review
September 28, 2009

The Medicare Premium Fairness Act passed the U.S. House by a 406-18 vote on Thursday and has been sent to the Senate for consideration.

The bill will protect 11 million seniors and cash-strapped states from unfair Medicare Part B premium increases from $96 per month to $120 per month in 2010, said U.S. Chet Edwards, D-Waco.