Congresswoman Wilson Applauds President Obama's FY 2013 Budget Proposal for Investing in America's Future

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Today, U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) today applauded President Obama's FY 2013 budget proposal for investing in America's future while making common-sense strides toward reducing the deficit.

"President Obama knows that we need to invest in the skills and training to give people the tools necessary to achieve the American Dream -- that if you work hard, you can do well enough to raise a family, own a home, send your kids to college, and put a little away for retirement," said Rep. Wilson. "This budget does that, while also reducing the deficit in a way that keeps our economy growing while making cuts where it makes sense to do so."

Among the highlights of President Obama's FY 2013 budget proposal are $161,107,000 for construction, operations and maintenance in the Everglades (through the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Project); $4,334,000 for the maintenance of the Port of Miami; and $3,250,000 for the removal of aquatic growth, an issue Rep. Wilson confronted personally when her amendment to H.R. 2484, the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2011, was approved by voice vote during a July 28, 2011 markup in the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

"By investing in our infrastructure, education, housing and technology, President Obama is leading the way so that we can out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world," Rep. Wilson said. "We must pass President Obama's budget proposal in order to keep the American Dream alive and well for our children and grandchildren."

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