| Senator Robert L. Venables, Sr. co-chairs the State of Delaware’s Bond Bill Committee. During his tenure, he has been part of the team responsible for the acquisition of the Port of Wilmington by the State of Delaware, and for the establishment of the DSPC in 1996. In the past eight years, the Bond Bill Committee has appropriated more than $105 million towards capital projects at the Port, which has enabled the Port to |
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emerge
as a regional economic engine generating more than $182 in tax revenue
and providing more than 5,800 good paying jobs.
Senator Venables has served in the State Senate since 1988. In addition to chairing the Bond Bill Committee, he chairs the Senate Small Business Committee and is a member of the: Agriculture, Community and County Affairs, Energy and Transit, and the Natural Resources and Environmental Control committees. |
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