Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Zach Wamp [R, TN-3]

Tenn. lawmakers at odds over TVA rate hike

2008-08-25T00:00:00Z

"The Democrat no-energy policy is hurting Tennesseans at the gas pump, and now it will hurt them every time they turn on the light switch," Blackburn said. U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn, said he hopes the cost of gas and oil will push the utility to

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Summitt draws leaders; Pakistan draws concern

2008-08-21T00:00:00Z

By Darrell Richardson | editor@oakridger.com Sounding perhaps more presidential than gubernatorial, US Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Third District, remarked on the ...

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Nuclear Pakistan concerns Wamp

2008-08-20T00:00:00Z

A lawyer burns a cartoon of former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf at a rally in Lahore on Tuesday. Judges: Just a day after Pervez Musharraf's resignation, Pakistan's governing coalition wrangled over restoring the judges he fired, a division

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Tech park groundbreaking held

2008-08-20T00:00:00Z

U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, Community Reuse Organization of East Tennessee President Lawrence Young, U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander and U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon, from left, leave a press conference and prepare to dig ceremonial shovels of dirt at the site of the

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$14M Pro2Serve headquarters breaks ground at new Science and ...

2008-08-20T00:00:00Z

US Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Third District, added that "this is not Las Vegas -- and what's done here doesn't have to stay here." The congressman reiterated the ...

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Law-enforcement officers learn skills at UT's new national forensics lab

2008-08-19T00:00:00Z

Lt. Anthony Borgognoni, of the Bergen County Sheriff's Department in New Jersey, explains the use of the National Forensics Academy's blood spatter room Monday during a tour of the facilities in Oak Ridge. Jason Wilkerson of the Tennessee Bureau of

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Science community spends $55M on Oak Ridge high school

2008-08-19T00:00:00Z

OAK RIDGE (AP) -- With gleaming glass and vaulted ceilings, Oak Ridge High School opened for fall classes Monday. It marked the end of a remodeling project considered the most expensive in Tennessee public school history. The bricks and mortar cost

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TN delegation drumming support for science funding

2008-08-19T00:00:00Z

OAK RIDGE - An influential cross-section of the U.S. science community gathered here this week to assess the health and direction of the nation's science and technology enterprise. The national summit was mandated as part of the America COMPETES Act,

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Tenn science community spends $55M on high school

2008-08-19T00:00:00Z

US Rep. Zach Wamp praised the overwhelming support from the Oak Ridge community for a tax increase and individual donations to transform a tired 1950s-era ...

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Wamp's comment on Y-12 fortress: 'Wow!'

2008-08-19T00:00:00Z

Earlier this week, accompanied by top federal and contractor officials at the Y-12 National Security Complex, Congressman Zach Wamp (right, photo by Michael ...

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Tech park groundbreaking held

2008-08-19T00:00:00Z

By Bob Fowler (Contact) US Rep. Zach Wamp, Community Reuse Organization of East Tennessee President Lawrence Young, US Sen. Lamar Alexander and US Rep. ...

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Nuclear Pakistan concerns Wamp

2008-08-19T00:00:00Z

OAK RIDGE - As US Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., toured the high-security operations at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant earlier this week, his thoughts returned to ...

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Hydrogen-Powered Tour To Stop In Smyrna

2008-08-18T00:00:00Z

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Hydrogen-powered cars on a nationwide tour of 18 states are making stops in Chattanooga and Smyrna for public test drives. Chattanooga is still rejoicing in its selection by Volkswagen as the site of a new assembly plant that

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Teenager wins position on Polk County School Board

2008-08-18T00:00:00Z

Banner photo, DAVID DAVIS CHANCE MEETING â€” Laura Condeluci, press secretary to US Rep. Zach Wamp, takes notes during a chance meeting with Russ Swafford, ...

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Law-enforcement officers learn skills at UT's new national ...

2008-08-18T00:00:00Z

Dignitaries such as UT President John Petersen, US Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Chattanooga, and Knoxville Police Chief Sterling P. Owen IV were on hand for the ...

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High school 'credit to the whole town'

2008-08-18T00:00:00Z

Dignitaries including US Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., University of Tennessee President John Petersen, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory Director Thom Mason ...

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Explosive opening set for UT National Forensic Academy

2008-08-18T00:00:00Z

Renowned forensic anthropologist and Body Farm founder Bill Bass, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director Mark Gwyn, Rep. Zach Wamp, and UT officials are ...

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Hydrogen Cars Come to Chattanooga

2008-08-18T00:00:00Z

Republican US Rep. Zach Wamp told several hundred people at the Monday morning stop in Chattanooga that they should tell their children to "get fired up" ...

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'Cars of the Future' Make Appearance in Scenic City

2008-08-18T00:00:00Z

... get off petroleum; we've got to look at the alternatives, and we've got to move all of our energy sources in a cleaner direction," said Rep. Zach Wamp. ...

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Chattanooga: Railroad terminal in question

2008-08-17T00:00:00Z

US Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., said last week while visiting Chattanooga that he has talked to Norfolk Southern officials about acquiring federal money for the ...

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