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984 Hoosiers toured the U.S. Capitol Building with members of Senator Lugar’s staff in May 2007.
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Met with actress Drew Barrymore and world’s fastest marathon runner Paul Tergat to discuss their advocacy of international hunger issues and work on behalf the World Food Program.
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Announced that Anderson, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Gary, Indianapolis, Mishawaka, and South Bend will receive multiple grants totaling $33,976,309 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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Announced the second annual job fair with U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky that will feature federal, state and local security and law enforcement agencies, high tech firms, health care organizations, financial institutions, big industry, and various other private and public entities on Saturday, June 16.
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Announced ten Indiana state universities were selected to receive $3.4 million in funding under the TRIO Upward Bound Program to help individuals attend and graduate from college.
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Ran in the 26th Annual Capital Challenge 3-mile race to benefit the D.C. Special Olympics. Team Lugar took first place for the eighth time.
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Announced grants to the Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation and the Indianapolis Board of School Commissioners to promote physical education from the U.S. Department of Education.
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Received the Paul Simon Award for the Promotion of Language and International Studies from the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
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Announced that Anderson was selected by the EPA to receive a $200,000 community-wide brownfields assessment grant to study the city’s petroleum-contaminated sites.
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Submitted a statement to the Congressional Record to congratulate Dale Engquist on receiving the Distinguished Service Award from the U.S. Department of the Interior for his leadership as Superintendent of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
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Secured funding for Indiana projects as part of the Water Resources Development Act which passed the Senate on May 16. The legislation now heads to conference with the House of Representatives.
