OK, he didn't buy those pearls, but he DID spend significant time with the Kennedys in Providence, Rhode Island's 'Jewelry District'. Yeah, you read that right, while unemployment hovers around 10% in his own District, he is hanging out in bauble-land talking pork. Read it and weep here:
Providence seeking federal funds for Knowledge District
My favorite quotes:
How much would it take to make Providence a national leader in life sciences research? According to city leaders, about $460 million in public and private investments over the next five years.
and
The proposal is a follow-up to House Appropriations Chairman David Obey’s November tour of the Jewelry District. That tour, led by Kennedy and Cicilline, was meant to show the Wisconsin Democrat what federal investment has done to help grow Rhode Island’s research and science institutions and to stress the need for increased federal funding for the state’s economic future.
Is this guy off his rocker? Did he think we were not watching? Did he think the 'folks back home' in his district would never know, never learn about this trip?
But wait - there's more!
Providence’s Jewelry District: Growth hotspot?
My favorite part of the whole article? The article's first words are Dave's name and job title! No s***!
That was the 1st paragraph - and there is more. Here's another great quote,
The purpose of the tour was to show Obey, a Wisconsin Democrat, what federal investment has done to help grow Rhode Island’s research and science institutions and to stress the need for increased federal funding in the life sciences for the state’s economic future, according to Kennedy, who is also a member of the appropriations committee, which oversees the federal budget.
But it does not stop there, read further,
Obey, following the two-hour tour, seemed supportive of the state’s vision. The district is a “solid engine for growth,” he said. “This is a good investment for Rhode Island. We need to be doing dozens of these in the U.S. as a whole.”
He supports Rhode Island's vision - what about Northern Wisconsin Mr. Obey?
TTFN,
Jim
Providence seeking federal funds for Knowledge District
My favorite quotes:
How much would it take to make Providence a national leader in life sciences research? According to city leaders, about $460 million in public and private investments over the next five years.
and
The proposal is a follow-up to House Appropriations Chairman David Obey’s November tour of the Jewelry District. That tour, led by Kennedy and Cicilline, was meant to show the Wisconsin Democrat what federal investment has done to help grow Rhode Island’s research and science institutions and to stress the need for increased federal funding for the state’s economic future.
Is this guy off his rocker? Did he think we were not watching? Did he think the 'folks back home' in his district would never know, never learn about this trip?
But wait - there's more!
Providence’s Jewelry District: Growth hotspot?
My favorite part of the whole article? The article's first words are Dave's name and job title! No s***!
PROVIDENCE — U.S. Rep. David R. Obey, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, toured four major research institutions in the city’s Jewelry District on Friday along with Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, Mayor David N. Cicilline, Governor Carcieri and other state leaders.
That was the 1st paragraph - and there is more. Here's another great quote,
The purpose of the tour was to show Obey, a Wisconsin Democrat, what federal investment has done to help grow Rhode Island’s research and science institutions and to stress the need for increased federal funding in the life sciences for the state’s economic future, according to Kennedy, who is also a member of the appropriations committee, which oversees the federal budget.
But it does not stop there, read further,
Obey, following the two-hour tour, seemed supportive of the state’s vision. The district is a “solid engine for growth,” he said. “This is a good investment for Rhode Island. We need to be doing dozens of these in the U.S. as a whole.”
He supports Rhode Island's vision - what about Northern Wisconsin Mr. Obey?
TTFN,
Jim
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