July 6, 2001, ALEXANDRIA – The U.S. Department of Agriculture is providing the town of Alexandria with an additional $200,000 in federal funds to double the capacity of its wastewater-treatment plant, bringing the agency’s total contribution for the project to $700,000.
July 10, 2001, GALLATIN – The U.S. Department of Justice has awarded Sumner County a $308,320 grant to set up a comprehensive drug rehabilitation program through the courts.
July 12, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Veterans Affairs secretary has notified U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon that the federal agency is reviewing its policy concerning the exclusion of health-care benefits to jailed military veterans.
July 24, 2001, MURFREESBORO – A $619,000 Community Development Block Grant approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will aid the city of Murfreesboro with its affordable housing program, U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon said.
July 25, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. – A $1 million Justice Department grant awarded to the Tennessee Office for Criminal Justice Programs will help local jurisdictions link key information systems that include crime and offender data to develop more comprehensive, better coordinated criminal justice information systems, U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon said.
July 26, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. – Volunteer Electric Cooperative will receive a $20 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help the utility improve service to its more than 95,000 customers, including about 5,000 in Putnam and Overton counties, U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon said.
July 31, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. – A $200,000 appropriation to help Middle Tennessee State University construct a new observatory has been included in federal legislation that passed the House on Monday (July 30), U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon said.
July 31, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon has set aside Thursday, August 9, and Friday, August 10, for the Middle Tennessee residents he represents to call him free of charge and discuss issues or problems.
July 31, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. – Bolstering math and science education is the focus of two separate pieces of legislation providing nearly $1.7 billion in grants over the next five years to the nation’s colleges and universities, U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon said.
