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EmergeMemphis is a focal point for entrepreneurial activity in the Mid-South, and provides technical assistance and space to new entrepreneurial ventures. The project is expected to create additional jobs and private investment in the region, and was made possible through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

“The United States has lost a great leader. Senator Kennedy influenced legislation affecting the oppressed, the poor, the disabled, the sick and countless students. He never lost those core values that he espoused in his presidential run and his Senate tenure -- even when he “sailed against the wind.”

“Senator Kennedy worked with Republicans, particularly Presidents Reagan, George H.W. and George W. Bush, and with Senator Orrin Hatch, to advance the causes he knew could make America better.

“Recovery Act funds are making a real difference in funding right here in the Ninth District. The Ninth District’s colleges and hospitals are on the front lines of conducting lifesaving medical and scientific research that can impact our quality of life. Recovery Act funding is making a real difference and have helped to make the Ninth District a world-class research center that helps to attract the best and brightest scientific and medical professionals from around the country and the world,” Congressman Cohen said.

“The Credit CARD Act will help put an end to the abusive and deceptive practices that drive so many in the Ninth District deeper and deeper into debt,” Congressman Cohen said. “These provisions include necessary consumer protections, and they are just the first step towards ensuring that hard-working Ninth District credit card holders who play by the rules are treated fairly by their credit card companies.”

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