June 2005 News Archives

Gordon Receives Local Award For Addressing Internet 911 Snafu
June 1, 2005, WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Tennessee Emergency Communications Board has presented U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon with an award for introducing legislation that requires all Internet telephone providers to connect emergency 911 calls made by their customers.

Gordon Wants Congress To Pass Meaningful Patients’ Bill Of Rights
June 10, 2005, WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon is calling for Congress to stop pandering to special interests and pass a meaningful Patients’ Bill of Rights that will ensure Americans get the health care they need, not the health care some bookkeeper approves.

Gordon Wants Viagra Prescriptions To Sex Offenders Stopped
June 10, 2005, WASHINGTON, D.C. – Outraged that sex offenders have been obtaining Viagra and other sex-enhancing drugs through taxpayer-funded Medicaid, U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon is calling for a stop to this abuse of public funds.

York VA, State Veterans Home Team Up To Build Alzheimer’s Facility
June 10, 2005, MURFREESBORO – The York VA Medical Center is transferring about 1.6 acres to the adjacent State Veterans Home to build a 20-bed Alzheimer’s facility on the property, U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon said.

House Approves Legislation Fighting Nation’s Meth Problem
June 17, 2005, WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon has included two projects designed to help Middle Tennessee communities fight methamphetamine abuse in a federal spending bill approved by the House of Representatives Thursday (June 16).

Federal Grant Aids TTU Energy Research
June 17, 2005, COOKEVILLE – Tennessee Technological University will receive a $200,000 federal grant to help find materials that can be used for safe, efficient and affordable energy production, U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon said.

House Approves $2 Million For MTSU Dyslexia Center
June 21, 2005, WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon has convinced congressional appropriators to set aside $2 million for a program to help dyslexic children who attend Defense Department schools overcome their learning disability.

House Approves $1 Million For TTU Portable Power Institute
June 21, 2005, WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon has convinced congressional appropriators to set aside $1 million for Tennessee Technological University to create an Advanced Portable Power Institute.

Gordon Working To Help Workers Displaced By TRW Decision
June 24, 2005, COOKEVILLE – U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon has contacted TRW officials asking them to reconsider their decision to close the Cookeville plant, which employs 390 workers who assemble driver and passenger airbags for the automotive industry.

Gordon Outraged At VA’s $1 Billion Shortfall Admission
June 24, 2005, WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon is calling the Department of Veterans Affairs admission that it is $1 billion short of fulfilling current health needs of the nation’s veterans a “shameful shirk of responsibility.”

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