September 12, 2001, MURFREESBORO – An informational meeting regarding a new medical program for military retirees will be held Tuesday night, September 18, at the Rutherford County Courthouse in Murfreesboro, U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon announced today.
September 12, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon pointed to Tennessee Tech’s recent ranking in U.S. News & World Report as among the nation’s best universities in his efforts to get more NASA-funded research projects for the school.
September 12, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon is urging Middle Tennesseans to remain calm in the aftermath of terrorist attacks that leveled the World Trade Center in New York and heavily damaged the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.
September 14, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. – Concerned about reports of price gouging, U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon is encouraging Middle Tennessee motorists to call either the Tennessee Consumer Affairs Division or the U.S. Department of Energy if they encounter exorbitant gasoline prices.
September 14, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon will be at four Middle Tennessee locations on Saturday, September 22, to discuss issues of concern with residents, including the recent terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C.
September 17, 2001, HENDERSONVILLE – An $85,500 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency will help the Hendersonville Fire Department purchase protective equipment for its firefighters, U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon said.
September 18, 2001, MURFREESBORO – Work to begin renovations on two medical-care buildings at the York VA Medical Center is slated to begin on October 1, a $14 million project expected to take two years to complete, U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon said.
September 20, 2001, MURFREESBORO – The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department will soon receive a $618,600 COPS In School grant from the U.S. Justice Department to hire five additional school resource officers, U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon said.
September 26, 2001, LEBANON – Tennessee has been awarded a $159,750 grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to help preserve one of only five known populations of the Tennessee purple coneflower, U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon said.
September 26, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon wants Middle Tennessee residents to know that the federal government is taking unprecedented measures to hunt down and punish the terrorists who crashed commercial airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
September 27, 2001, GALLATIN – A $181,500 Department of Justice grant will enable the Gallatin Police Department to begin putting mobile computers inside its patrol cars, providing officers with better communications technology, U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon said.
September 28, 2001, CELINA – A $20,888 Department of Justice grant will enable the Clay County Sheriff’s Department to buy new radio and surveillance equipment, U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon said.
