THE CASE AGAINST LYNN JENKINS CHAPTER 24 - SHE WAS FOR EARMARKS BEFORE SHE WAS AGAINST THEM

This is Lynn Jenkins, she does not represent us

Lynn Jenkins was going full steam ahead with her Congressional Earmarks before she took the pledge, for political convenience.  Lynn Jenkins hasn't always practiced what she preached.  

KTKA, the ABC affiliate in Topeka reported that Lynn Jenkins was being taken to task by the Club for Growth.  Lynn Jenkins had signed a pledge against earmarks in her 2008 race against Jim Ryun in the primary and Nancy Boyda in the general election.  You can read the KTKA story at: http://www.ktka.com/news/2009/apr/23/earmark_critic_lynn_jenkins_criticized_over_earmar/ .  The Club for Growth is a fiscally conservative, limited government espousing, Tea Party leaning organization with a PAC.  I'm not normally a gambler, but I bet Lynn Jenkins won't be getting a check from the Club for Growth. The Club for growth changed their position, something they have in common with Lynn Jenkins, and said they were sorry because Lynn Jenkins only promised to restrict her earmarks, not swear off of them.   See, http://www.ktka.com/news/2009/apr/24/group_apologizes_wrongfully_criticizing_jenkins_ov/?more_like_this.

On April 1, 2010 Lynn Jenkins saw the writing on the wall and took the anti earmark pledge. See, http://cjonline.com/news/state/2010-03-31/gop_members_swear_off_earmarks. Only time will tell if that's a real deal or an April Fools remark.

Here is her handiwork, as reported by the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record: July 8, 2009 (Extensions)]

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EARMARK DECLARATION

HON. LYNN JENKINS of kansas

in the house of representatives

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Ms. JENKINS. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership

standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information regarding earmarks I received as part of the FY 2010 Agriculture

Appropriations bill, H.R. 2997:

Earmark: Polymer Research at Pittsburg State University

Requesting Member: Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins

Bill Number: H.R. 2997

Account: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, RE/FA Account

Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Pittsburg State University

Address of Requesting Entity: 1701 S Broadway, Pittsburg, KS 66762

Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $1,500,000 to make

contributions in the use of cellulosic fibers of wheat straw, corn

stalks, and grasses (all grown in abundance in Kansas) to convert them

to fillers for a new family of plastics that would be cheaper and

require less energy to manufacture, and also be more friendly to the

environment. This is a good fit at Pittsburg State University due to

their certified program in Plastics Engineering Technology. Continued

Federal endorsement and funding for these activities will build upon

their past successes in the area of polymeric oils for use in

polyurethanes. If the United States is to become independent of foreign

oil producers, then we must pursue industrial sustainability by

continuous innovation, improvement and use of clean technology to

reduce pollution levels and consumption of resources. At the Kansas

Polymer Research Center, they can apply knowledge of biochemistry to

develop processes to produce new bio-based products more efficiently

than the chemical processes we have been using.

Earmark: Wheat Genetic Research

Requesting Member: Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins

Bill Number: H.R. 2997

Account: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, SRG Account

Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Kansas State University

Address of Requesting Entity: Anderson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506

Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $240,000 to map and

sequence the wheat genome through the Wheat Genetic and Genomic

Resources Center (WGGRC). The WGGRC gene bank currently maintains

12,000 lines and these collections are continuously expanding as the

Center acquires, develops, and distributes new genetic and genomic

resources to facilitate wheat genetics, genomics, and breeding

research. Kansas State University and Kansas wheat producers have

already made an investment of almost $1.0 million towards the purchase

of a DNA sequencer and a robot for arraying and printing of DNA

filters. This request will collect, conserve, and distribute wheat

genetic and genomic resources; develop improved germ plasm; develop

genetic stocks; develop genomic resources; and support training and outreach.

Earmark: Grain Sorghum

Requesting Member: Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins

Bill Number: H.R. 2997

Account: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, SRG Account

Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Kansas State University and Texas

Tech University

Address of Requesting Entity: Anderson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, and

2500 Broadway, Lubbock, TX 79409

Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $515,000 to permit the

Great Plains Sorghum Improvement and Utilization Center (GPSIUC) to

expand existing research and educational programs, particularly in

genetic improvement and sorghum utilization. Sorghum is one of the most

drought tolerant crops in the world, offering many potential advantages

as a food, feed and bioenergy crop to the rural economies of the Great Plains.

Earmark: Water Conservation

Requesting Member: Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins

Bill Number: H.R. 2997

Account: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, SRG Account

Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Kansas State University

Address of Requesting Entity: Anderson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506

Description of Request: To provide an earmark of $69,000 to help: (1)

agricultural producers, both crop and livestock, (2) rural communities

in water-short areas; and (3) state and regional agencies to implement

economical technologies and policies that will result in water

conservation and prolong the life of the Ogallala aquifer in the face

of increasing competition for declining aquifers and over-allocated

surface waters. This effort is critical to the economic viability of

western Kansas. In many parts of western Kansas, freshwater from both

surface and groundwater is increasingly in short supply. Drought,

aquifer and surface water depletion, and population shifts have

stretched community and regional water supplies to their limits. As

groundwater supplies decline or become cost prohibitive, better

management of water through conservation, recycling, and treatment of

poor quality water for secondary uses becomes even more important.

Earmark: Preharvest Food Safety

Requesting Member: Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins

Bill Number: H.R. 2997

Account: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, SRG Account

Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Kansas State University

Address of Requesting Entity: Anderson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506

Description of Request: To provide an earmark of $142,000 to expand

the University's investigations into (1) the ecology of Salmonella in

beef cattle, (2) antimicrobial resistance in cattle, and (3)

agroinformatics, and (4) animal health diagnostics. These four areas of

research have great overlap and synergy and will allow Kansas State

University to better identify emerging threats of food-borne and

zoonotic diseases associated with food-producing animals. Currently,

Kansas State University has an ongoing USDA special project on the

ecology of E. coli O157:H7 in beef cattle and the environment. This

bacterial organism is a major cause of food-borne illnesses in humans.

Earmark: National Agriculture Biosecurity Center

Requesting Member: Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins

Bill Number: H.R. 2997

Account: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Salaries and

Expenses Account

Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Kansas State University

Address of Requesting Entity: Anderson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506

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Description of Request: To provide an earmark of $259,000 to fund the

National Agriculture Biosecurity Center (NABC) for Phase III efforts

for the development, enhancement and delivery of a targeted National

Animal Health Laboratories Network (NAHLN) technical training support

program. The funding is required to: (1) build and populate a lessons

learned/best practices from NAHLN labs exercises and events; (2) expand

animal health diagnostic screening capabilities regionally, including

endemic and emerging pathogens (viruses, bacteria, and parasites) as

well as prions such as BSE; (3) increase the testing capability and

capacity of the Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (KSVDL)

in support of the NAHLN mission by conducting research on new

methodologies and standardized operating procedures for enhancing and

improving the efficiency of NAHLN equipment and laboratories; and (4)

develop a training strategy framework for NAHLN laboratories.

Now before anyone gets all excited about Lynn Jenkins' commitment to Agriculture, Pittsburgh State or Kansas State take a look at roll call 761.  Lynn Jenkins voted against the conference report, final passage, of H.R. 2997.  She voted against her own earmarks. She was for funding Agriculture and her earmarks before she was against it, she voted for the bill on roll call 510.

[Congressional Record: July 24, 2009 (Extensions)]

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EARMARK DECLARATION

HON. LYNN JENKINS

of kansas

in the house of representatives

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Ms. JENKINS. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership

standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information

regarding earmarks I received as part of the FY2010 Transportation/HUD,

H.R. 3288:

Earmark: Interstate 70 Viaduct Realignment, Topeka, KS

Requesting Member: Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins

Bill Number H.R. 3288

Account: Federal Highway Administration/Interstate Maintenance

Discretionary

Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Kansas Department of Transportation

Address of Requesting Entity: 700 SW Harrison, Topeka, KS 66603

Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $1,000,000 to assist

with the completion of a planning report to address deficiencies,

increase safety standards along this stretch of I-70 Highway and

determine the best and safest route through the heart of the City of

Topeka. To make this stretch of I-70 safer, the road needs to be

widened and straightened out--without the sharp curve.

Earmark: U.S. Highway 69 Corridor Study, Bourbon and Crawford

Counties, KS

Requesting Member: Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins

Bill Number: H.R. 3288

Account: Federal Highway Administration/Surface Transportation

Priorities

Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Kansas Department of Transportation

Address of Requesting Entity: 700 SW Harrison, Topeka, KS 66603

Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $500,000 to continue

the work of planning, engineering, design and environmental studies to

widen U.S. Highway 69 to a 4-lane divided highway linking the Kansas

City area (Johnson County) to Interstate 44 in Oklahoma. Highway 69 is

a critical connecting link between Kansas City and I-44. The Crawford

County and Bourbon County section is one of the busiest two-lane

highways in the State of Kansas and has a very high rate of accidents

and fatalities. Widening of this highway is also essential to the

continued economic vitality of Southeast Kansas. Funding is needed for

completion of environmental assessments and other preliminary

engineering work that must be completed prior to actual construction.

Folks, there's a pattern here and I hope Topeka, Bourbon County, and Crawford County didn't get too appreciative of Lynn Jenkins' earmarks for them.  That's right, she voted against the bill and her own earmarks again! On roll call 637 she voted against passage and on roll call 949 she voted against the conference report.

[Congressional Record: July 24, 2009 (Extensions)]

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EARMARK DECLARATION

HON. LYNN JENKINS

of kansas

in the house of representatives

Friday, July 24, 2009

Ms. JENKINS. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership

standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information

regarding earmarks I received as part of

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the FY2010 Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill, FIR 3293:

Earmark: University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS for facilities and

equipment

Requesting Member: Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins

Bill Number: H.R. 3293

Account: Health Resources and Services Administration (FIRSA)--Health

Facilities and Services

Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University of Kansas

Address of Requesting Entity: 230 Strong Hall, Lawrence, KS 66047

Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $1,500,000 to fulfill

the University's mission of being a leader in healthcare and drug

development. The University of Kansas Cancer Center is transforming

cancer research and care by linking our innovative approach to drug

discovery, delivery and development to their nationally-accredited

patient care. To ensure that their cancer advancements reach patients

as close to home as possible, the University of Kansas Cancer Center

collaborates with regional cancer research and care professionals

through the Midwest Cancer Alliance. The University of Kansas Cancer

Center plans to attract 19 new basic, translational, and clinical

cancer researchers by 2011. These scholar recruits will only come to

the University of Kansas Cancer Center if state-of-the-art research

facilities and equipment are available on the Medical Center campus in

Kansas City and the Drug Discovery campus in Lawrence. Currently, the

Cancer Center plans to renovate 170,000 square feet and construct

98,200 square feet of laboratory space for cancer researchers with

funding provided by other sources. Funds appropriated by Congress will

be used for anticipated equipment costs.

You should have seen this coming KU, she voted against the bill and her earmarks on roll call 646.  Lynn Jenkins continues to be consistently inconsistent.

[Congressional Record: July 31, 2009 (Extensions)]

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EARMARK DECLARATION

HON. LYNN JENKINS

of kansas

in the house of representatives

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Ms. JENKINS. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership

standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information

regarding earmarks I received as part of the FY2010 Defense

Appropriations Bill, H.R. 3326:

Earmark: Army Command and General Staff College Leadership Training

Program

Requesting Member: Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins

ill Number: H.R. 3326

Account: OM,A

Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Fort Leavenworth, KS

Address of Requesting Entity: 881 McClellan Ave., Fort Leavenworth,

KS 66027

Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $2,000,000 to continue

a partnership with Kansas State University to provide an M.A. and Ph.D.

in Security Studies, and an M.S. and Ed.D. in Educational Leadership to

military students and faculty at the Command and General Staff College,

Fort Leavenworth. The program was developed in close coordination with

senior faculty at CGSC. This program responds to a need identified by

Fort Leavenworth in an area of expertise at Kansas State University.

Earmark: Repair Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning System at Ft.

Leavenworth

Requesting Member: Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins

Bill Number: H.R. 3326

Account: OM,A

Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Fort Leavenworth, KS

Address of Requesting Entity: 881 McClellan Ave, Fort Leavenworth, KS

66027

Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $2,796,000 to replace a

failing HVAC system in the Community Center located in Building 318.

This is a 41,000 SF building, built in 1940. This building provides a

unique location for a variety of community support events throughout

the year that often involve large numbers of people, such as town hall

meetings, Chapel family events, Army Family Action Plan conferences,

etc. The existing heating and air-conditioning equipment is failing,

and portions of it cannot be repaired due to its age. As a result it is

unable to cool and heat the building sufficiently throughout the year.

Earmark: Repair Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning System in

National Simulations Center
Requesting Member: Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins
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Bill Number: H.R. 3326
Account: OM,A
Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Fort Leavenworth, KS
Address of Requesting Entity: 881 McClellan Ave, Fort Leavenworth, KS
66027
Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $1,785,000 to correct
air quality problems in the three-story, 93,000 SF National Simulation
Center located in Building 45. Originally built in 1882, this former
barracks was remodeled 15 years ago into a secure training facility,
which due to its mission, could not have any windows. It houses a large
amount of information technology which is used in conducting
simulations. The number of personnel using the building during training
simulations has increased substantially over the last several years.
The HVAC system must be upgraded to handle the requirement to properly
ventilate and cool the building given the larger heat load generated by
the automation equipment and the high number of personnel. The existing
HVAC equipment was installed during the last remodel and has reached
its useful life expectancy. It is no longer capable of supporting the
mission.

Earmark: 190th Air Refueling Wing Squadron Operations Facility
Requesting Member: Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins
Bill Number: H.R. 3326
Account: OM,ANG
Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Kansas Air National Guard
Address of Requesting Entity: 5920 SE Coyote Dr., Topeka, KS 66619
Description of Request: To provide an earmark of $1,000,000 to
remodel and upgrade the current Squadron Operations Facility to
effectively meet the day-to-day requirements of the 190th ARW, which
has increased in size and mission for the KC-135R tanker operation.

Finally Lynn Jenkins votes for the bill and the earmarks, on roll call 675 she votes for passage.  On roll call 985 she voted to agree with a Senate Amendment to the bill.

On roll call 983 she did, however, vote to keep the bill from coming to the floor.  Lynn Jenkins loves saying no.