Congressman Jim Cooper

Representing the 5th District of Tennessee

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COOPER JOINS ALEXANDER, CORKER TO SUPPORT $1.1 MILLION FOR NASHVILLE HOUSING FUND

Sep 4, 2008 Press Release
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COOPER NAMES JOHNSON STAFF ASSISTANT

Aug 21, 2008 Press Release
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COOPER INTRODUCES LANDMARK HEALTH CARE REFORM LEGISLATION

Jul 9, 2008 Press Release
Bipartisan bill offers affordable, private health coverage choices for all Americans

WASHINGTON-U.S. Congressman Jim Cooper and 18 bipartisan colleagues today introduced legislation that will repair the nation's broken health care system. The Healthy Americans Act will enable every American to buy affordable, private health insurance while streamlining overall

SUBPOENAED WITNESSES EVADE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

Jun 26, 2008 Press Release
Cooper and Committee unearth fraud in electric co-op industry--and their lobbyist doesn't like it

HOUSE COMMITTEE HOLDS HEARING ON COOPER-WOLF COMMISSION, TENNESSEE CHAMBER ENDORSES

Jun 24, 2008 Press Release
Experts say Cooper-Wolf SAFE Commission would force Congress to take action on long-term budget shortfall

WASHINGTON-At a House Budget Committee hearing this morning, experts including David Walker, former U.S. Comptroller General, praised Congressman Jim Cooper's bipartisan plan to avoid long-term fiscal disaster.  The Cooper-Wolf SAFE Commission Act (H.R.

COOPER CALLS FOR REFORM OF U.S. FOSTER CARE SYSTEM

Jun 24, 2008 Press Release
Says McDermott bill is a start, but much more needs to be done

COOPER CONGRATULATES TENNESSEE WINNERS OF NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS AWARDS

Jun 3, 2008 Press Release

State's winners all from Fifth District, celebrated with official trip to Washington

COOPER CONGRATULATES CONGRESSIONAL ART COMPETITION WINNER FRANCIS TORRES

May 6, 2008 Press Release
Antioch High School senior will have work displayed in U.S. Capitol

NASHVILLE-U.S. Congressman Jim Cooper today announced that Francis Torres, a senior at Antioch High School, is the 2008 Congressional Art Competition winner for Tennessee's 5th District.  Torres will have his work, a graphite drawing entitled "The Reunion," displayed in the U.S. Capitol for a year starting in

TENNESSEAN OP-ED: "CAP AND TRADE" IS THE LEAST WE CAN DO TO STOP GLOBAL WARMING

Apr 20, 2008 Press Release
 
 
Cap and Trade is Good, But is it Enough?
by Rep. Jim Cooper
April 20, 2008

The old way of reducing pollution was “command and control” from Washington, an omniscient and omnipotent bureaucracy policing every boiler and smokestack. 

COOPER DISCUSSES REAL FINANCIAL REPORT OF U.S. WITH WALL STREET JOURNAL EDITORIAL PAGE

Apr 1, 2008 Press Release
"These are the real numbers. And they are so scary that no politician in Washington wants you to know about them."

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