January 4, 2000, WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon has secured another $2 million appropriation for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ wetlands preservation project in Murfreesboro, bringing total federal funding for the plan to $4.9 million.
January 14, 2000, WASHINGTON, D.C. – An $8 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will fund nearly half of Tri-County Electric Membership Corp.’s ambitious four-year plan, which includes building an additional 381 miles of power lines, U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon said.
January 26, 2000, WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Census Bureau will be hiring thousands of Middle Tennesseans for temporary, well-paid employment beginning in mid-April for the 2000 census, U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon said.
January 27, 2000, WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon has requested the president to include $20 million in the fiscal year 2001 budget so a commuter rail line can be built from Nashville to Lebanon.