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- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd abstract "The List of places named after Robert Byrd lists all places named in honor of United States Senator Robert C. Byrd (November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010), who represented the U.S. state of West Virginia as a Democrat in the United States Senate. During his tenure as chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Byrd secured billions of dollars of Federal funds for projects throughout West Virginia, many of which bear his name. Byrd served four terms as Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee: January 3, 1989 through January 3, 1995; January 3, 2001 through January 20, 2001; June 6, 2001 through January 3, 2003; and January 3, 2007 through January 3, 2009. As a New Deal Democrat, Byrd used his position as chairman to battle persistent poverty in his home state of West Virginia, which he referred to as “one of the rock bottomest of states.” \"I lost no opportunity to promote funding for programs and projects of benefit to the people back home,\" said Byrd.“ Within two years of his chairmanship, Byrd surpassed his announced five-year goal of making sure more than $1 billion in Federal funds was sent back to West Virginia. In referring to his economic contributions to West Virginia, Byrd said in 2000, \"West Virginia has always had four friends: God Almighty, Sears Roebuck, Carter's Liver Pills and Robert C. Byrd.\"Byrd's steering of billions of Federal dollars to West Virginia earned him the sobriquets \"King of Pork\" by the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization Citizens Against Government Waste and \"Prince of Pork\" from other taxpayer groups. According to Citizens Against Government Waste, Byrd was the first legislator to bring $1 billion of \"pork\" spending to his home state. The group named Byrd its initial \"Porker of the Year\" in 2002.In addition to providing Federal funding to special projects, Byrd also ensured that many Federal complexes were built in West Virginia, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Criminal Justice Information Services Division complex in Clarksburg, the United States Coast Guard's National Maritime Center in Kearneysville, and a training center and firing range for U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers near Harpers Ferry. Clarksburg's FBI facility was the first of the major Federal complexes to be built under Byrd's leadership as chairman of the appropriations committee. In West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle, Byrd helped bring ten federal facilities that employed more than 3,200 people. None of these facilities are named for him, however.More than 50 buildings built with funds from his economic contributions to West Virginia are named for either Byrd or his wife, Erma Ora Byrd (née James). Several transportation projects named for Byrd have gained national notoriety, including the Robert C. Byrd Highway. Also known as \"Corridor H\" of the Appalachian Development Highway System, the highway was dubbed \"West Virginia's road to nowhere\" in 2009 after it received a $9.5 million earmark in the $410 billion Omnibus Appropriations Act. The highway received another $21 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Critics argued the traffic on the highway was too light and the cost too high for the project to continue construction until its proposed completion in 2035. The State of West Virginia argued the highway was necessary as \"an ideal evacuation route for Washington, about 100 miles away, in case of an emergency.\"".
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- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink 501(c)_organization.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Alderson_Broaddus_University.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink American_Recovery_and_Reinvestment_Act_of_2009.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Appalachian_Development_Highway_System.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Beaver,_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Beckley,_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Bethany,_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Bethany_College_(West_Virginia).
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Birch_River_(West_Virginia).
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Bisacodyl.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Bridgeport,_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Camp_Dawson_(West_Virginia).
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Category:Lists_of_places_in_West_Virginia.
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- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Category:Lists_of_places_named_after_people.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Category:Lists_of_things_named_after_politicians.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Chairman.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Charleston,_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Charleston_Area_Medical_Center.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Chesapeake,_Ohio.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Citizens_Against_Government_Waste.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Clarksburg,_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Concord_University.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Corridor_G.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Davis_&_Elkins_College.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Democratic_Party_(United_States).
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Eastern_Panhandle_of_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Eastern_West_Virginia_Community_and_Technical_College.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Elkins,_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink FBI_Criminal_Justice_Information_Services_Division.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Fairmont_State_University.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Federal_funds.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Gallipolis_Ferry,_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Graceland_(Elkins,_West_Virginia).
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Green_Bank,_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Green_Bank_Telescope.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Harpers_Ferry,_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Harpers_Ferry_National_Historical_Park.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Hazelton,_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Huntington,_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Interstate_77_in_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Kearneysville,_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Kingwood,_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Lewisburg,_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Marshall_University.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Marshall_University_–_South_Charleston_Campus.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Martinsburg,_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Moorefield,_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Morgantown,_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink New_Deal.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Nonprofit_organization.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Oglebay_Park.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Ohio.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Ohio_County,_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Ohio_River.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Omnibus_Appropriations_Act,_2009.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Philippi,_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Pine_Grove,_Marion_County,_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Pork_barrel.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Princeton,_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Robert_Byrd.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Robert_C._Byrd_Biotechnology_Science_Center_(Marshall_University).
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Robert_C._Byrd_Bridge.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Robert_C._Byrd_High_School.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Rocket_Center,_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Sears.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Shepherd_University.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Shepherdstown,_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Shooting_range.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Sobriquet.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Sophia,_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink South_Charleston,_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Sugar_Grove,_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink U.S._Customs_and_Border_Protection.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink U.S._Route_119.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink U.S._Route_19.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink U.S._Route_22.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink U.S._Route_48.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink U.S._state.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink United_States_Coast_Guard.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink United_States_Senate.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Appropriations.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink United_States_dollar.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink University_of_Charleston.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Wardensville,_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Washington,_D.C..
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink Weirton,_West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink West_Virginia.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink West_Virginia_Route_16.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink West_Virginia_Route_97.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink West_Virginia_School_of_Osteopathic_Medicine.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink West_Virginia_Senate.
- List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd wikiPageWikiLink West_Virginia_State_Capitol.