March 06, 2024

Rep. Shri Thanedar Votes to Pass Bipartisan Government Funding Legislation to Lift Families, Protect Women’s Rights, and Confront the Climate Crisis

Washington DC – Today, Rep. Shri Thanedar voted to pass the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, a package of six domestic funding bills focused on helping families and communities across the United States. The investments in the bill will help families with the cost of living, create and sustain good-paying jobs, and help people in need. 

Congressman Shri Thanedar: 

“As the representative of Michigan's 13th District, I fully support the Six Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Bills. By prioritizing funding for flood mitigation, infrastructure, neighborhood revitalization, and job creation, we're investing in a brighter future for all Michiganders. Let's ensure these appropriations reflect our values and propel our communities forward.”

Rep. Thanedar championed funding for 15 projects that will benefit our neighborhoods directly. These include:

  • $959,752 for the City of Dearborn Heights: Ecorse Creek Flood Mitigation

  • $2,000,000 for the City of Dearborn Heights: Lead Service Water Meter Replacement

  • $959,752 for the City of Detroit: Lead Service Line Replacement Project

  • $900,000 for the City of Southgate: South Pressure Relief Valves Project

  • $959,752 for the City of Wayne: Lead Line Replacement Project

  • $959,752 for the Great Lakes Water Authority: Oakwood District Intercommunity Relief Sewer Modification Project

  • $959,752 for the Great Lakes Water Authority: Wastewater System Improvements

  • $1,666,279 for the City of Grosse Pointe Park Extreme Emergency Relief Valve

  • $500,000 for the City of Romulus Community Service Road Infrastructure Project

  • $500,000 for the Focus: Hope – Workforce Development and Education

  • $965,000 for the Green Alleyways Reconstruction

  • $500,000 for the Highland Park - Detroit Community Response Center

  • $1,879,000 for the I-75 Overbuild Project

  • $850,000 for the Invest Detroit Foundation – Detroit Neighborhood Revitalization

  • $500,000 for the Michigan Department of Transportation

“I am proud to vote for $15,059,039 in Community Project Funding in this bill that will go directly to our community,” Rep. Thanedar said. “These investments in Michigan create jobs with better pay, make us safer, and strengthen our communities. I am proud to have fought for this funding that directly benefits the people of Metro Detroit.”

Democrats rejected extreme Republican cuts and policies. This first government package invests in America’s future and delivers for the American people by:

  • Helping with the high cost of living, creating and sustaining tens of thousands of good paying jobs, fighting inflation, and providing full funding for key lifelines such as food assistance and more affordable housing and homeownership.

  • Protecting women’s rights by blocking attempts to limit women’s access to reproductive health care, including abortion, and by increasing funding for gender-based violence prevention and prosecution programs.

  • Confronting the climate crisis, fighting climate change, and ensuring America’s energy independence with robust, transformative investments in deploying clean energy technologies in communities across the country, and providing funding for cutting-edge scientific and climate-related research.

  • Honoring our commitments to our veterans by ensuring they receive the care and benefits that they have earned and investing in veterans’ health care, including targeted investments that advance women's health, mental health, and homelessness assistance.

  • Funds community projects: Responds directly to pressing needs in Michigan’s 13th and districts like mine by supporting underserved areas and fostering the economic development that makes communities healthier, safer, and stronger through community projects.

This package includes the following funding bills: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies; Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies; Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies; Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies; Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies; and Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies.

The remaining six appropriations bills for fiscal year 2024 are expected to be released in the coming days and be voted on ahead of their expiration on March 22.

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