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H. R. 2638 includes a $1.6 million appropriation for the University of Memphis, requested by Congressman Cohen in a letter to House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton on March 13, 2008. The university will use these funds to develop a battlefield nursing program utilizing enhanced, state of the art procedures, techniques and equipment to train U.S. nursing students.
This funding will be used to develop a new trauma hemostat, a surgical tool used to manage blood loss. Smith & Nephew has developed trauma hemostat prototypes which are now ready for laboratory and field testing.
Today, I was proud to vote with an overwhelming bipartisan majority in the House to pass legislation that will make key investments to move our country forward and fund critical government services upon which the American people rely.
The bill provides almost $23 billion in federal disaster assistance in response to recent hurricanes in Texas, Midwestern flooding and tornadoes and wildfires in the West. Additionally, this legislation will provide immediate assistance to millions of Americans with home heating bills this winter.
The people of Memphis and Shelby County are feeling the effects of the economic downturn, and middle income families are struggling to make house payments, fill up their gas tanks and pay for the skyrocketing costs of food and higher education. I am very pleased that the AMT Relief Act will ensure that families are not forced to pay higher taxes under the Alternative Minimum Tax.
“I am very grateful to Chairman Obey granting this request for Southwest Tennessee Community College,” said Congressman Cohen. “Southwest’s nursing and biotechnology program is essential for training the next generation of workers in the 9th District’s burgeoning biotechnology sector. Southwest is the largest public community college in the state of Tennessee and this funding will help to improve one of their most important areas of study.”
As an original cosponsor of the Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights, I was proud to vote this legislation through the House of Representatives this afternoon with a large, bipartisan majority of my colleagues. This landmark legislation will help protect families in the 9th District who are suffering from unfair lending practices from the credit card industry.
The Task Force will investigate accusations against Judge Porteous that he committed perjury by signing false financial disclosure and bankruptcy forms and violated other laws and judicial ethics by presiding over a trial in which lawyers from both sides gave him money.
“An earthquake on the New Madrid Fault line could prove disastrous for the Shelby County area,” Alexander said. “This funding will help protect nearly one million West Tennesseans on the MLGW grid from power outages should an earthquake hit. I’m glad to see the Department of Homeland Security recognizing the threat of an earthquake in the Greater Memphis Area, and I will continue to work with the rest of the Tennessee delegation to ensure we are prepared.”