Congressman Tom Rooney, announced recently that the Florida Consolidated Appropriations Bill has passed the House of Representatives by a bipartisan vote of 309-118.
The 2017 Consolidated Appropriations bill is a comprehensive package comprised of the 11 remaining fiscal year 2017 Appropriations bills, which were the subject of hundreds of open hearings and hundreds of amendments on the House floor.
As a Member of the Appropriations Committee, Rooney worked to advocate on behalf of programs important to his home state of Florida and secured, among other provisions, the following funds:
Protects Florida’s Waterways