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This Week: Health Care; Honoring Jesse Jackson; Promoting Small Business Development |
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Friday, 20 November 2009 |
Last Saturday, nearly 200 people attended my town hall meeting on federal
funding held at The Links at Whitehaven. The Ninth District has received
over $340 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
(ARRA) since it was signed into law by President Obama in February. Federal
funding has been used to retain teachers and maintain special education programs
in the Memphis and Shelby County schools, hire 37 new Memphis police officers,
and help MATA purchase new busses. Tens of millions of dollars are being used
for road construction projects that will create new economic development
opportunities and jobs.
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This Week: Veterans Day, Health Care Reform, Federal Funding, Town Hall Meeting |
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Friday, 13 November 2009 |
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On Wednesday, more than 300 local veterans attended a meeting that I hosted to
honor their military service. I was pleased that Mid-South VA Director, John
Dandridge, and Marlin Angell, the Acting Director of the Memphis VA Medical
Center could join us and hear directly from our local veterans. Some veterans
spoke about the difficulties of obtaining their benefits, some talked about the
lack of services for female veterans, and some talked about the need for greater
mental health care for a loved one experiencing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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