Bill includes funds for bases

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The 2016 House Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill includes $12.7 million for area bases.

It includes $9.4 million for Youngstown Air Reserve Station in Vienna to upgrade its indoor firing range and $3.3 million for the Ravenna Joint Military Training Center for a modified record fire range.

U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Howland, D-13th, sits on the House Appropriations Committee and strongly supported these funding inclusions.

“I am pleased that funding for the Youngstown Air Reserve Station and Camp Ravenna was included in this year’s MIL-CON Appropriations Bill,” he said.

“This funding will give our airmen and soldiers the training facilities necessary to remain combat-ready and complete their missions,” he continued.

“Each and every day, the men and women stationed in Youngstown and Camp Ravenna put their lives on the line for our safety, and it is our job to give them the resources they need. I am proud to have supported our airmen and soldiers through my position on the House Appropriations Committee, and I’ll continue to work to ensure these vital funds get to YARS and Camp Ravenna,” Ryan said.

The MIL-CON Appropriations Bill passed the House Appropriations Committee by a voice vote and is awaiting a vote by the full House of Representatives.