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The House Democratic Caucus elected U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan to serve on the House Appropriations Committee.

Mrvan thanked his colleagues for electing him to the committee so he can advocate for Northwest Indiana and the nation.

“I have sought this position since my first day in the U.S. House of Representatives,” Mrvan said in a press release. “I look forward to ensuring that the federal government has the necessary resources, oversight and direction to promote our national security, grow our economy and create more work and wealth for everyone.”

Northwest Indiana once again has a representative on the powerful U.S. House committee that annually decides how to spend trillions of dollars in federal government funds.

U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, was appointed Tuesday to the House Appropriations Committee at the start of his third term after seeking a seat on the federal spending panel since first winning election to the House in 2020.

Northwest Indiana's representative in the U.S. House pledged Friday to remain focused on the issues most important to his nearly 800,000 constituents living in Lake, Porter and northwest LaPorte counties.

U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, said he considers the oath of office he took on the first day of his third, two-year term, to be "a sacred trust with the constituents of Indiana's First Congressional District."

In that vein, Mrvan said he commits to "faithfully performing my responsibilities to uphold the United States Constitution."

U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, said he will draw from the experience of his father, Frank E. Mrvan Jr., who worked in the Indiana State Senate as a Democrat amid growing Republican majorities.

Mrvan, who was sworn in Friday to start his third term, said as he enters the 119th Congress it will be his first time in the U.S. House with a Republican president and a slim Republican majority.

Yesterday, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan announced federal grant awards for the City of Michigan City, the City of Whiting, and the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NIRPC) under the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant program.

Crown Point, Merrillville, Portage and Valparaiso were awarded grants under the Department of Transportation's Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program.

The SS4A Grant program aims to improve roadway safety. It supports communities in implementing infrastructure projects designed to reduce transportation-related fatalities and serious injuries.

A critical infrastructure project has been completed in Gary, improving the city’s sewer system.

Gary Mayor Eddie Melton, First District Congressman Frank Mrvan and members of the U.S Army Corps of Engineers held a ribbon cutting ceremony this morning.

The ceremony marked the completion of the Calumet Region Gary Sanitary District Force Main Replacement Phase II Project.

The project replaced a main sewer line that was deteriorating and undersized.

Officials hosted a ribbon cutting Oct. 21 to mark the completion of the Calumet Region Gary Sanitary District project.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rep. Frank Mrvan and Gary Mayor Eddie Melton attended the celebration.

The project addressed sanitary sewer force main improvements on publicly-owned property. The upgrades were made between the Chase St. pump station and 25th Ave. within the City of Gary. Crews replaced the existing sanitary sewer force main that was deteriorating and undersized.