[edit] Education

• Educational Training
  • Gordon gave an interview regarding his plans for 2010 and the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) education program.
  • With a vote of 416-0 the House of Representative approved the Green Energy Education Act of 2007 (H.R. 1716) in June of 2007. The bill will allow the Secretary of Energy to contribute research and development funds to the National Science Foundation for the purpose of supporting graduate education that is related to energy technology. It also authorizes the Secretary to provide funds for the improvement of undergraduate and graduate engineering and architecture curriculum on the design and construction of "high performance buildings." Representative Gordon voted for this bill. H.R. 1716 was ultimately integrated into the America COMPETES Act (H.R. 2272) which is now law, but was not fully funded in the budget.
• Educational Funding
  • Helped MTSU receive a grant of $1.925 million over 5 years to run MTeach which will launch Jan. 1, 2010. The program will recruit strong math and science majors and give them the opportunity to take classes to become teachers. Gordon released the following statement,^[1]

“In order to keep good-paying jobs in the U.S., our country must compete at a higher level — with better skills and higher productivity. That means ensuring that workers in Tennessee and across the country have the skills they need for the jobs of the future. It starts with the students, though, who will become the future workforce of our country. MTSU’s MTeach program will focus on empowering math and science teachers with the most up-to-date understanding and content knowledge available in their fields. This will help them provide students with strong grounding in math and science, ensuring they are prepared for technical jobs of the future.”

• • According to The Murfreesboro Post, Rep. Gordon announced that a $478,492 U.S. Department of Education grant will be used to recruit math and science middle school teachers trained by Middle Tennessee State University to keep up the nation's competitive edge. Along with Sen. Lamar Alexander, Rep. Gordon secured an appropriation that serves as the source of funding.
  • Congressman Gordon introduced H.R. 362, the 10,000 Teachers, 10 Million Minds Science and Math Scholarship Act. This bill would increase funding for the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program which encourages science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors to become primary and secondary school math and science teachers. The bill is aimed at increasing the number of math and science teachers to 10,000 per year. The legislation passed with a vote of 389-22 but was integrated into H.R, 2272, the America COMPETES Act.
• Teaching Evolution/Intelligent Design
  • Nothing posted to date

[edit] Energy

• Energy Policy
  • Introduced on 5/15/2009 by Rep. Waxman and cosponsored by Rep. Markey, the American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454) aims to create jobs, protect the environment, and increase American energy independence through new regulation of utilities and industry, as well as investment in an array of new technologies. Key provisions of this bill include: mandating that, by 2020, utilities meet 20% of their electricity demand through increased efficiency and/or renewable sources, implement new energy efficiency regulations for buildings and appliances, reduce carbon emissions from large US by more than 80% by 2050, as well as investing in new clean energy technologies and improving the energy efficiency of existing technology.
    
    Representative Gordon voted for this bill.
• Fuel Economy Standards
  • See discussion of CLEAN Energy Act under Renewable Energy section.
• Nuclear Power
  • H.R. 3598, the Energy and Water Research Integration Act Gordon sponsored passed the House. ^[2]
  • Sponsored a bill asking the Energy Department to research how to minimize water usage in energy production by power plants as well as how climate change will affect the water supply necessary for energy generation.^[3]
  • Believes that nuclear energy should be part of the US's energy future and that new technology will lessen the waste storage problem.^[4]
  • Template:Vote-EnergyDeptAppropriations2010House
  • In the 111th Congress, Gordon introduced legislation to ban the processing of low-level radioactive waste from foreign countries. Gordon cited safety as his primary concern. ^[5]
• Renewable Energy
  • See stimulus discussion under Innovation section.
  • In January of 2007, the House of Representatives passed the CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 (H.R. 6). This legislation is intended to address a royalties oversight that occurred when the Department of the Interior issued leases for off-shore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from 1998 to 1999. The bill would also deny income tax deductions for oil and gas companies. Revenues generated from these provisions would be used for the development of alternative fuels and renewable energy sources. Opponents of the bill claimed that the legislation would raise costs for the domestic production of oil and could increase foreign oil imports. Representative Gordon voted for this legislation, which passed with a vote of 264-163.
    
    During consideration of H.R. 6 in June of 2007, the Senate changed the focus of the legislation into developing a more comprehensive energy bill that focused on the development of renewable fuels, energy conservation, and increased Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. In the face of a veto threat from President Bush, the House passed the Senate version of H.R. 6 with amendments by a vote of 235-181 on December 6, 2007. Representative Gordon voted for this bill. The final Senate rendering of the bill, which passed with a vote of 86-8, still included language raising CAFE standards to 35 mpg by 2020. The final version of the bill passed in the House with a vote of 314-100 and was signed into law by President Bush on December 19, 2007.
  • In August 2007, Representative Gordon voted for the final passage of the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007 (H.R. 3221). The legislation would provide tax incentives to promote the development of renewable energy and energy efficiency, including guaranteeing up to $1 billion in loans for the development of biorefineries and biofuel production facilities. The measure also would repeal tax deductions to income attributed to the domestic production of oil and natural gas. It passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 241-172 and was sent to the Senate.
    
    A controversial amendment to the bill was H. Amdt. 748 sponsored by Representative Udall. This amendment would require retail electric suppliers to provide 15% of their electricity through a renewable energy portfolio standard (RPS) by 2020. Representative Gordon voted against the amendment, which was adopted with a vote of 220 to 190.
• Off Shore Drilling
  • On September 16, 2008 the House passed H.R. 6899, the Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act. This act allows oil and gas leasing in areas of the Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area that are more than 50 miles from the coastline and establishes a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewable Reserve. Representative Gordon voted for this legislation. This legislation was passed with a vote of 236 to 189.
  • Representative Gordon introduced H.R 547, the Advanced Fuels Infrastructure Research and Development Act. It directs the Environmental Protection Agency to research and develop new technologies that would allow retailers to use alternative fuels in existing infrastructure. It aimed at making new fuel technologies compatible with the existing infrastructure. The bill passed in the House, and is now in the Senate.
  • According to a news article on July 17, 2008 in The Murfreesboro Post, Rep. Gordon voted for the Drill Responsibly in Leased Lands Act (H.R.6515) in an effort to increase domestic drilling to ease the high gas prices. The bill would allow increased production of Alaskan oil, ban the foreign export of Alaskan oil, and expedite construction of a pipeline from Alaska to the lower 48 states. Moreover, the bill requires that companies drill on the existing leases which would otherwise be vacated for other domestic companies to drill. He said, “There are 7,740 leases available for 44 million acres offshore on the Outer Continental Shelf, but oil companies aren’t drilling on 33.5 million of those acres. There are another 34.5 million acres of federal lands available on-shore for drilling. Oil companies have leases there, but they’re not drilling. They need to use the leases they hold on these 68 million acres of land or lose them and let someone else have the opportunity to increase domestic oil production.”

[edit] Environment

• After the House failed to pass S. 22 under suspension of the rules (which requires 2/3 to vote for a provision, but does not allow any amendments), the Senate called an unrelated bill, (HR 146), to carry the omnibus land bill. The bill is a combination of over 150 public land bills and will designate over 2 million acres of land as wilderness, improve the management of currently protected land, establish new water projects, and more. Swapping the original legislation in HR 146 for the land bill was designed to make finalizing the bill in the House easy.
  
  When HR 146 was brought to the Senate, Sen. Coburn (R-OK) introduced several amendments, though only one passed:
  • Amendment 682: to make it less likely that casual stone collectors would run afoul of the criminal restrictions on taking paleontological fossils from federal land (passed)
  • Amendment 675: to stop federal officials from using the power of eminent domain to take land from citizens. Critics say this amendment was unnecessary as eminent domain would not be used in any lands included in the bill.
  • Amendment 677: to require an annual report on the total size and cost of federal property.
  • Amendment 679: to strike provisions that would block renewable-energy development on public land
  • Amendment 680: to bar new construction in national parks until the Interior secretary certifies that current sites are up to date, and
  • Amendment 683: to eliminate what Coburn considers to be "frivolous" projects

The bill passed the Senate on March 19, 2009. It passed the House by a vote of 285-140 on March 25, 2009. Representative Gordon voted for this bill. It was then signed into law by President Obama on March 30, 2009.

• The world's largest supply of Helium is housed at an underground facility in the Texas Panhandle. The United States government owns the reserve and has been selling it off in accordance with its plans to close the storage facility by 2015, the year in which the debt for purchasing the Helium will be paid off. Gordon believes that the storage facility should not be closed since Helium is used in scientific research, medical diagnosis, and chip manufacturing. Gordon states^[6]:

  "As a nation, we can't be a scientific leader if we don't have the critical materials to do research."

[edit] Nuclear Waste

• Gordon's bill passed 309-112 in the House to prevent the importation of foreign low-level nuclear waste.^[7]
• Gordon's bill to prevent the importation of foreign nuclear waste for disposal in the US passed the full House Energy and Commerce Committee in Nov. 2009 and will move to the House for a vote.^[8]
• Upon approval from the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment of his bill to ban importation of foreign nuclear waster, Gordon released this statement,^[9]

"I am pleased that my colleagues on the Subcommittee recognized the importance of stopping this practice and I am hopeful that the full Energy and Commerce Committee will move my bill forward in the days to come."

• Gordon has fought a proposal by EnergySolutions, an Utah-based company, to import Italian nuclear waste for disposal. Gordon stated,^[10]

“We’re the only country in the world that disposes of radioactive waste generated by other countries...It’s time to put an end to this practice and preserve our limited disposal space for the American medical facilities, research labs and utility companies that produce this kind of waste.”

• Congressman Bart Gordon is the writer of legislation that would allow the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to ban the importation of nuclear waste. The commission currently does not have that ability and could not prevent foreign nuclear waste from being disposed of in Tennessee. The commission can only responsible for making sure that the nuclear material is moved safely and that the site is willing to accept it. Gordon’s new bill would prohibit the importation of foreign waste unless it is approved by the president to meet a certain quota or international goal. ^[11]
• Congressman Bart Gordon opposes the importation of nuclear waste into America from other countries. In the fall of 2008, after EnergySolutions, Inc. applied to receive and dispose of nuclear waste from Italy, he "strongly called upon the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to deny an application that would allow for the importation of 20,000 tons of Italian radioactive waste into America." He believes that any country that is manufacturing nuclear products should take the responsibility of properly disposing of it on their own. Gordon is quoted as saying, “We are the only nation in the world that allows other countries to ship their nuclear waste to us. There is no reason for the United States to be involved in this dangerous practice.” ^[12]
• Represenative Bart Gordon suports the recycling of electronic waste. Two billion electronic products were sold in the United States last year, and of that amount 42% became waste. These electronics contain valuable materials and metals, such as silver and gold, along with lead and mercury, which are toxic^[13]. Gordon speaks in favor of improving the recycling technology. This process currently faces many challenges but the newly passed Electronic Waste Research Development Act of 2009 helps set the stepping stones for this. ^[14]
• March 2009,The House Science and Technology Committee introduced a bill that would fund the research that would aid in the removal of electronic waste such as computers. Electronics can contain harmful chemicals to proper disposal of electronics would reduce this strain to the environment. The bill would allow $60 million over the span of 2 years to improve electronic waste remove and improving public knowledge of recycling. The bill would also grant $15 million to universities developing courses on the subject. ^[15]

[edit] Climate Change

• Announced a partnership with The UK House of Commons Science and Technology Committee to hold parellel hearings about geoengineering and then share materials once publicly available.^[16]

“Geoengineering has decidedly global implications, and research should be considered in the context of a transparent international process."

• As chair of the House Committee on Science and Technology, Gordon gave the opening remarks at a hearing on Geoengineering,^[17]

"Geoengineering carries with it a tremendous range of uncertainties, ethical and political concerns, and the potential for catastrophic environmental side-effects. But we are faced with the stark reality that the climate is changing, and the onset of impacts may outpace the world’s political and economic ability to avoid them."

[edit] Health

• Voted no on House healthcare bill HR 3962 because^[18]

"I firmly believe that any responsible health care bill must do two things: improve access to health care for small businesses and the uninsured, and reduce health care spending. This bill does one but not the other, it falls short of sufficiently cutting health care spending.”

• Announced he would vote against the House healthcare reform bill in November 2009,^[19]

"Although the current House bill has improved in some areas, I can't support it as it stands now...I am concerned about a mandated government-run public option, and I do not like this bill’s financial impact on the state of Tennessee."

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• Introduced on March 3, 2009 by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (H.R. 1256) aims to increase the authority of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in regulating tobacco in America. The legislation would empower the FDA to require larger warning labels on cigarette packaging, control nicotine levels, and regulate the advertising and marketing of cigarettes. During the 110th Congress, an identical bill had passed in the House in July of 2008 but was never considered in the Senate. The current bill passed in the House on April 2, 2009 by a vote of 298-112. Representative Gordon voted for this bill. The Obama administration has released a statement in support of the bill and Senator Edward Kennedy stated that “the Senate will approve it expeditiously.”
• See stimulus discussion under Innovation section.
• In a February 24, 2009 letter, Gordon wrote about the need for a bill to reform and modernize the FDA after its shortcomings with the peanut butter salmonella tragedy. He wrote, "In the next few months, we will take up comprehensive legislation that will give the FDA the authority and resources it needs to modernize the nation's food and drug safety system. This bill will give the FDA mandatory recall power, increase financial resources and enforcement authority, require companies to have a plan in place to prevent food contaminations, and create a food-tracing system." ^[20]
• Healthcare
  • Representative Gordon is actively working to reduce healthcare costs. One option being considered is a mandatory basic healthcare package, where lower income groups would receive a subsidy to be able to afford it. A possible stipulation of this plan is that overweight people or smokers be forced to participate in an improvement program or charged a higher premium. Representative Gordon has also advocated for an internet based patient filing system, in which a doctor could have access to any patient’s records electronically. He has hopes that that stimulus package will fund this.^[21]
  • After being vetoed twice by President Bush in 2007, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) (H.R. 2) bill was reintroduced in the 111th Congress on January 13, 2009. SCHIP provides a subsidy for children’s insurance for families that cannot afford private insurance yet earn too much to qualify for Medicaid. The cost of the program is funded by an increase in cigarette taxes of 62 cents per pack. The House of Representatives voted 289-139 to pass the bill on January 14, 2009. Representative Gordon voted for this bill. The Senate also passed SCHIP, and it was signed into law by President Obama on February 4, 2009.
  • On January 23, 2008, the House once again failed with a vote of 260-152 to pass H.R. 3963 to override President Bush’s veto of SCHIP. Representative Gordon voted for this legislation.
  • On October 3, 2007, President Bush vetoed H.R. 976, citing that the bill moved too many children towards federally funded healthcare. The House attempted to override the President’s veto, but the measure failed to pass with a vote count of 273-156. Representative Gordon voted for the veto override. On December 29, 2007, President Bush signed the Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (S. 2499) which extends funding for SCHIP through March of 2009, but does not significantly increase the program.
  • On September 25, 2007, the House passed the final version of the “Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act” (H.R. 976) with a vote of 265-169. This bill would have increased funding for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) by $50 billion dollars over five years. Opponents saw the bill as too costly and were critical of the funding methods for the program, including a cigarette tax increase (read the floor debate). Representative Gordon voted for this legislation.
  • In April of 2007, the House of Representatives passed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 (H.R. 493) with a vote of 420-3. Representative Gordon voted for this bill. If enacted, GINA will prevent health insurance companies from adjusting premiums on the basis of genetic information and forbid requiring individuals to undergo genetic tests. The bill will also prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information. This legislation was passed by the Senate in a vote of 95-0. The House passed the Senate amended version of the bill on May 1, 2008, by a vote of 415-1. Rep Ron Paul was the only representative to vote against the bill. President Bush signed GINA into law on May 21, 2008.
  • On July 15, 2008, both Houses of Congress voted to override President Bush’s veto of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (H.R. 6331), a bill to put off an almost 11% cut of payments to doctors who care for Medicare patients. The legislation offset putting off the payment cuts for doctors by reducing reimbursements to insurance companies that include Medicare patients in their managed-care programs.[3] The House voted 383 to 41 in favor of a veto override. Representative Gordon voted for this legislation.
• Embryonic Stem Cell Research
  • In April of 2007, Congress passed the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007 (S. 5), which would have overturned President Bush's ban on the use of federal funding for research on embryonic stem cell lines created after August 9, 2001. Representative Gordon voted for the legislation. The bill passed the House of Representatives with a vote of 247-176 and the Senate with a vote of 63-34. President Bush vetoed both this legislation and an identical bill that was passed by Congress in 2006.
• Non-Embryonic Stem Cell Research
  • In December 2005, Congress passed the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005 (H.R. 2520), which President Bush signed on December 20, 2005. The law "creates a new Federal program to collect and store cord blood, and expands the current bone marrow registry program to also include cord blood." Representative Gordon voted for this bill. The legislation passed the House of Representatives with a vote of 431-1 and passed the Senate by unanimous consent.
• Food
  • Template:Vote-FoodSafetyEnhancementAct2009House

[edit] Innovation

• Stimulus
  • On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1). This stimulus bill contains over $30 billion for energy initiatives including the Smart Grid Investment Program and advanced battery systems; $20 billion in tax incentives for renewable energy for both businesses and homes; over $8 billion for augmenting energy efficiency in federal buildings and housing programs; and $7 billion to extend broadband service to underserved communities. The Act also gives the National Science Foundation $3 billion for research; the National Institutes of Health over $10 billion for research and renovations; NASA $1 billion, a portion of which to employ more scientists; and the Department Of Energy’s Office of Science $1.6 billion for energy research. Finally, it provides $19 billion for a modernized Health Information Technology (HIT) system; $87 billion to help fund Medicaid programs; $1 billion for health prevention programs; subsidies for temporary insurance; and $19 billion for clean water and environmental restoration programs. For a more complete listing of the bill’s provisions, click here.
    
    It passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 246-183 on February 13th and passed the Senate on February 13th. Representative Gordon voted for this bill.
• COMPETES Act
  • Representative Gordon also introduced H.R. 2272, the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science (COMPETES) Act, H.R. 2272. The bill passed in the House with a vote of 367 to 57, and the senate by unanimous consent. It was signed into law by President Bush on August 9, 2007 as Public Law 110-69. It doubles funding for the National Science Foundation over the next seven years.
  • Regarding the America COMPETES Act, Gordon has said, "One of the most significant accomplishments in the 110th Congress was the passage of the America COMPETES Act. This bill will improve math and science education, increase the America’s investment in scientific research, and help our country achieve energy independence. I will see to it that all of the bill’s provisions are fully funded in the 111th Congress." ^[22]

[edit] Research and Research Management

• On July 21, 2009, the House of Representatives agreed to subsidize $150 billion to the natural gas cars program. Rep. Gordon, in support of this action, said "The vehicle fleet of the future will include a diverse range of fuels and vehicle technologies, and since it is both cleaner than petroleum and domestically available, natural gas will likely play an important role in a more sustainable transportation sector." ^[23]

• Funding
  • See stimulus discussion under Innovation section.
  • In May of 2007, Representative Gordon voted for the final passage of the National Science Foundation Funding Authorization Act of 2007 (H.R. 1867), which authorizes appropriations for the National Science Foundation for the fiscal years 2008, 2009 and 2010. The final vote count was 399 to 17.
    
    During debate on this legislation, H. Amdt. 128 was offered by Rep. Honda that will allow the NSF to support the creation of K-12 curriculum focused on global warming, climate change, and actions people can take to lower greenhouse gas emissions. Rep. Sullivan of Oklahoma offered a secondary amendment, H. Amdt. 129, that would have required the education materials referenced in Rep. Honda’s amendment to "reflect the diversity of scientific opinion, including the diversity of opinion regarding the impact of human activities on climate change." Congressional Democrats criticized the Sullivan amendment as seeming "to suggest that there is an equal weight of evidence against that perspective [that humans are causing climate change] as there is in favor of it" (read the full debate). The Sullivan amendment failed by a vote of 166 to 250. The Honda Amendment passed by a vote of 252 to 165.
    
    Representative Gordon voted against the Sullivan amendment and voted for the Honda Amendment.

[edit] Technology

• The Science and Technology committee held a hearing regarding the U.S. aerospace workforce and industrial base and how changes in funding and the direction of NASA might affect their health. Gordon stated,^[24]

"This workforce is a lot like humpty dumpty--if it is taken apart, it won't be easy to put back together. They have the unique skills and the institutional knowledge crucial to the success of our aerospace industry and, therefore, to our overall national competitiveness."

• Approved legislative language that would require the approval of Congress for any changes made to the Constellation moon-rocket program, a NASA program designed to return man to the moon by 2020.^[25]
• Responded to Obama's plan on February 25, 2010 to replace the Constellation moon-rocket program with the use of commercial rockets to send astronauts to the International Space Station and focus more on developing new exploratory technologies. Gordon believes that the program cannot gain sufficient support because of the potential job loss that would result from the extermination of the program ^[26]

"I want to congratulate the NASA and contractor team on a successful Ares I-X test flight. This is an important milestone in the development of the vehicles that will carry Americans into a new era of exploration."

• The Blue Ribbon committee appointed by the Obama administration to look into NASA'a human spaceflight plans completed it's report in October 2009 which opened debate about what steps should be taken next. Gordon argued for providing "adequate resources" and leaving the program alone.^[27]
• On March 18, 2009, Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN) introduced the Electronic Waste Research and Development Act (HR 1580) which works to reduce the waste caused by dumping unwanted electronics and to boost awareness of how to recycle such products. The bill would fund increased research on how to separate out hazardous material from waste as well as fund grants to universities to create curriculums to help in the reduction of this waste. HR 1580 passed in the House by voice vote on April 22, 2009. Representative Gordon voted for this legislation.
• See stimulus discussion under Innovation section.
• To express his gratitude and support of engineers and their positive impact on technology and society, Gordon said:^[28]

Engineers play an important role in our society in helping to meet many of (the) technological challenges we face, and it is important that we recognize and celebrate that role. Engineers have played a crucial role in our economic growth, especially their role helping to span the gap between scientific discovery and commercial products. (Economists) estimate that half of our growth in GDP over the past 50 years is related to the development and adoption of new technologies. Having a strong national community of engineers will be a key factor in our nation's ability to reverse the economic downturn and create the jobs and products of the future.

• On November 20, 2008, Gordon was re-elected as the chairman for the Science and Technology Committee for the 111th session of Congress. His goals for the upcoming session include passing policies that will improve America's economy and competitiveness. He said in a statement, "the major challenges facing our country - a foundering economy, a changing climate, a growing need for clean energy we produce at home - will be solved by science, technology, and American innovation." ^[29]
• In the summer of 2008, the House met to consider the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (H.R. 6304), which would give retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies that wiretapped customers’ phones for the Bush administration shortly after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The legislation also allows the warrantless wiretapping of American citizens for up to 7 days before obtaining court approval. The House passed the bill with a vote of 293 to 129, and the legislation was signed by President Bush on July 7, 2008. Representative Gordon voted for this legislation.

[edit] Endnotes

1. ↑ Murfreesboro Post Dec. 8, 2009
2. ↑ Waterworld December 2, 2009
3. ↑ The Hill November 30, 2009
4. ↑ Nov. 23, 2009 Tennessean
5. ↑ Bill Theobald, Alexander, Gordon Seek to Restrict Foreign Nuclear Waste, Tenessean.com, January 15, 2009.
6. ↑ [1]
7. ↑ WBIR.com December 2, 2009
8. ↑ Murfreesboro Post Nov. 19, 2009
9. ↑ The Tennessean Nov. 3, 2009
10. ↑ The Murfreesboro Post October 27, 2009
11. ↑ The Daily News Journal. "Gordon: Congress, Obama must act to ban foreign waste in Tenn." Tennessean. 14 Apr. 2009. 21 Apr. 2009 <http://www.tennessean.com/article/D4/20090414/NEWS01/90414041>.
12. ↑ Gordon continues fight against foreign nuclear waste. October 1, 2008. http://www.murfreesboropost.com/news.php?viewStory=13246
13. ↑ Gordon, Rep Bart. "Are you throwing away gold?" The Hill Blog. 27 Feb. 2009. Congress. 4 Mar. 2009.<http://blog.thehill.com/2009/02/27/are-you-throwing-away-gold-rep-bart-gordon/>
14. ↑ Gordon, Rep Bart. "Are you throwing away gold?" The Hill Blog. 27 Feb. 2009. Congress. 4 Mar. 2009.<http://blog.thehill.com/2009/02/27/are-you-throwing-away-gold-rep-bart-gordon/>
15. ↑ "House Panel Approves Bill to Aid Disposal of Unwanted Electronics." CQPolitcs. 25 Mar. 2009. 2 Apr. 2009 <CQ.com>. "House Panel Approves Bill to Aid Disposal of Unwanted Electronics." CQPolitcs. 25 Mar. 2009. 2 Apr. 2009 <CQ.com>.< http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=cqmidday-000003084555>
16. ↑ Science Magazine Nov. 5, 2009
17. ↑ Geoengineering: Assessing the Implications of Large-Scale Climate Intervention
18. ↑ Murfreesboro Post November 7, 2009
19. ↑ Tennessean.com Nov. 4,2009
20. ↑ Bart Gordon. "FDA needs to be modernized." The Tennessean. February 24, 2009. http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090224/OPINION01/902240317/1008
21. ↑ Carney, John I. "Shelbyville Times-Gazette: Story: Gordon calls for reducing excessive health care costs." Shelbyville Times-Gazette: Shelbyville, Tennessee. 10 Feb. 2009. 12 Feb. 2009 <http://www.t-g.com/story/1500585.html>
22. ↑ "Rep. Gordon takes oath of office." The Murfreesboro Post. January 6, 2009. http://www.murfreesboropost.com/news.php?viewStory=14771
23. ↑ http://www.detnews.com/article/20090721/AUTO01/907210404/1361/House-OKs-$150-million-natural-gas-car-program
24. ↑ http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=29791 SpaceRef.com Dec. 11, 2009]
25. ↑ HeraldNet Dec. 10, 2009
26. ↑ [2].

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