Sewell secured $5.5 million for nine local Alabama projects, including airport improvements in Selma and construction funding for a Bessemer community center.
Conservation groups formally objected to the Trump administration plan, arguing that opening the 83,000-acre oasis would endanger 19 federally protected species.
The cooperatives cited Allen's decade of public service and his understanding of how sound policy decisions affect critical infrastructure like electric cooperatives.
High school students in Alabama's 7th Congressional District are invited to submit artwork reflecting the theme, "Reflecting on Alabama's 7th: Where History is Made."