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U.S. Rep. Tony Cárdenas, D-Calif., put it bluntly — "Democrats are horrible about talking about our victories."
Sitting beside U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, on the campus of Purdue University Northwest on Wednesday, the five-term Los Angeles-area congressman said his party's habit of focusing on the next task ahead, instead of taking credit for past accomplishments, is a real problem because Democrats have a lot to be proud of over the past two years.
U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, spent Tuesday on the beach, but it wasn’t just for fun. He toured a series of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects in Northwest Indiana to see federal dollars at work.
At Michigan City’s Washington Park, the Corps placed armour stone — boulders — along the detached breakwater. The Corps also did emergency dredging work for the Coast Guard station, which needed deeper water to do its search and rescue work.
Ongoing work at the Indiana Harbor and Canal in East Chicago is an economic development project with an environmental benefit, U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, said Tuesday.
Mrvan was on hand to tour the work on the Confined Disposal Facility where contaminated sediment from the first dredging of the IHC in 40 years is stored. Work currently underway at the site is designed to increase the CDF storage capacity so continued maintenance dredging can go on for decades.
Merrillville, IN – Today, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan announced a federal grant award for the City of Portage Fire Department under the Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program.
Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan announced a grant award for Ivy Tech Community College - Lake County Campus under the Department of Education’s Talent Search Program.
The town’s goal of making a busy stretch of Ridge Road safer for drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists is a step closer to reality after announcement of a $17.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, spent Tuesday on the beach, but it wasn’t just for fun. He toured a series of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects in Northwest Indiana to see federal dollars at work.
At Michigan City’s Washington Park, the Corps placed armour stone — boulders — along the detached breakwater. The Corps also did emergency dredging work for the Coast Guard station, which needed deeper water to do its search and rescue work.
Ongoing work at the Indiana Harbor and Canal in East Chicago is an economic development project with an environmental benefit, U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, said Tuesday.
Mrvan was on hand to tour the work on the Confined Disposal Facility where contaminated sediment from the first dredging of the IHC in 40 years is stored. Work currently underway at the site is designed to increase the CDF storage capacity so continued maintenance dredging can go on for decades.
Hammond, IN – Yesterday, U.S. Congressmen Frank J. Mrvan (IN-01) hosted U.S. Congressman Tony Cárdenas (CA-29) at a Hispanic Community Roundtable at Purdue University Northwest in Hammond. The two met with local community stakeholders, including Indiana State Representatives Mike Andrade (HD-12) and Earl Harris Jr. (HD-02).
East Chicago, IN - Yesterday, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, joined Colonel Paul Culberson from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Paul Labovitz, Superintendent of Indiana Dunes National Park, Fernando Trevino, Executive Director of the East Chicago Waterway Management District, and Tim Frame, Harbormaster of the Michigan City Port Authority to tour $49,603,000 in federally funded projects across Northwest Indiana.