Senator Bond to visit Columbia
U.S. Sen. Kit Bond is touring MU's Thompson Center on Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders today at 3 p.m. to promote $750,000 worth of funding he secured for the center, according to a news release from his office. That money came from a federal funding bill, which passed the Senate in December.
Bond did not vote on the bill.
The center, which served more than 1,700 people last year, specializes in treating autism spectrum disorders.
"The Thompson Center is a leader in the fight against autism and an important resource in meeting the needs of children and families living with autism,” Bond said in the release. “I am proud to support their mission and thank the Center’s faculty and staff who do such an outstanding job serving these children and families.”
In addition to these funds, Bond secured an additional $118 million for Missouri in the bill, according to his Web site.
Bond, who voted against President Barack Obama's stimulus package, which is different from the omnibus spending bill, has been criticized by Democrats. They have said he voted against the stimulus while promoting money in the bill he brought to Missouri.
To read more about this, you can check out this Kansas City Star article and this post on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Web site.