(Bremen, IN) Today, Congressman Joe Donnelly announced that the US House of Representatives approved his request for federal funding for digital mammography equipment for the Community Hospital of Bremen.

As part of the Labor-Health and Human Services Appropriations Bill, the committee appropriated $125,000 that would be used to purchase one digital mammography machine.

“Regular screenings and early detection are important to preserving women’s health,” Donnelly said. “The purchase of this digital mammography machine would meet the needs of women of all ages, especially the uninsured, for services such as diagnostic screenings and treatments, education programs and assessments. When our citizens are healthy, our communities grow stronger.”

The House of Representatives has finished its initial consideration of each of the 12 appropriations bills that would fund the agencies and operations of the federal government for Fiscal Year 2008.  The spending bills are now pending before the Senate.  In order for them to become law, the Senate and House must pass identical bills, and if that does not happen, a compromise negotiated between the House and Senate called a “conference report” must be voted on by both bodies.  Each appropriations bill must then be signed into law by the president.

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