James Comer would seek federal funding for infrastructure projects in Kentucky's 1st District.

James Comer · Kentucky · Republican

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Occurrences

Comer Secures $1 Million in Funding for the Marion-Crittenden County Airport Parallel Taxiway Project

The press release headline indicates Comer is securing federal funding for a local infrastructure project in his district.

Press Releases | Congressman James Comer
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Evidence

The page says transportation infrastructure investment includes water systems, roads, highways, bridges, railroads and maritime infrastructure, and lists a March 8, 2017 item: "Rep. Comer calls for full funding at Paducah Gaseous Diffusion cleanup site and Kentucky Lock Addition."

Comer's official Transportation issue page documents that, in his first months in Congress, he publicly called for full federal funding for the Kentucky Lock Addition, a major infrastructure project in or serving Kentucky's 1st District region.

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Transportation | Congressman James Comer
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Comer's prepared remarks said he supported increased federal investment in Kentucky waterways infrastructure and wanted Congress to provide resources for high-priority waterways projects.

Comer testified to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee seeking greater federal resources for waterways infrastructure affecting Paducah and Kentucky's 1st District, including locks, dams, levees, dredging, and related projects.

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Comer Testifies Before Transportation Committee in Support of Increased Investment in Waterways Infrastructure
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The release says Comer helped introduce legislation so the Cumberland Parkway could qualify for future federal funding and assistance.

Comer joined federal legislation to designate the Cumberland Parkway as an interstate spur, an infrastructure action intended to improve eligibility for federal transportation funding for counties including Adair, Metcalfe, and Russell in KY-01.

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McConnell, Guthrie, Rogers, Comer Introduce Cumberland Parkway Legislation
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The FY2023 list includes requests for Lebanon Water Works, Paducah sidewalk construction, and Webster County water and sewer infrastructure.

Comer's official FY2023 Community Project Funding disclosures show formal appropriations requests for infrastructure projects in Kentucky's 1st District, including water storage/transmission, pedestrian safety, and industrial-site water and sewer extensions.

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Community Project Funding FY 2023 | Congressman James Comer
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The FY2024 page lists requested funding for sewer separation, water-district expansion, road/utility extension, and an airport runway extension.

Comer's official FY2024 Community Project Funding page documents multiple federal funding requests for district infrastructure, including Frankfort sewer work, Crittenden-Livingston water expansion, Graves County infrastructure extension and road widening, and Henderson airport runway reconstruction/extension.

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Community Project Funding FY 2024 | Congressman James Comer
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The FY2026 page lists requested amounts for wastewater plants, riverbank stabilization, water intake/pipeline, sewer upgrades, taxiway, and waterline projects.

Comer's official FY2026 Community Project Funding disclosures show continued formal requests for federal infrastructure funding across KY-01, including wastewater, sewer, water, flood protection, airport, and industrial-park utility projects.

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Community Project Funding FY 2026 | Congressman James Comer
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The release says a recently passed appropriations act included $3 million for a new emergency medical services and ambulance facility in Trigg County.

Comer's office reported that Congress included federal funding for a KY-01 public-safety facility project after Comer led efforts to secure it, showing not only that he sought funding but that at least one district facility project received funding.

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Comer Secures $3 Million in Funding for Trigg County Hospital Emergency Ambulance Building Project
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The Clerk records H.R. 3684 passing 228-206 and lists Comer, Republican of Kentucky, as voting Nay.

Comer voted against final House passage of the major 2021 infrastructure bill. This is contrary evidence on broad infrastructure funding, but it does not negate separate official evidence that he sought district-specific infrastructure funds through testimony, legislation, and community project funding requests.

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Roll Call 369 | Bill Number: H.R. 3684
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Assessments

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The promise was to seek federal funding for infrastructure projects in Kentucky's 1st District, not necessarily to pass a broad infrastructure bill or secure every project. Evidence shows Comer publicly called for full federal funding for the Kentucky Lock Addition in 2017, within his congressional service, and later repeatedly made formal district infrastructure funding requests through Community Project Funding disclosures for water, sewer, airport, roadway, utility, and flood-protection projects. Later evidence also shows at least one KY-01 facility project receiving federal funding after his efforts. His vote against H.R. 3684 is contrary evidence on broad infrastructure policy, but it does not negate the narrower promise to seek district-specific federal infrastructure funding.

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