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Low morale is permeating police departments across our nation as protesters repeatedly vilify, demonize, and verbally attack the thin blue line.
The death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers was a shameful and unacceptable crime that has stunned our nation. I grieve for the Floyd family and for the pain that Mr. Floyd's death has caused all Americans.
Instead of transporting some of the biggest stars in the entertainment industry around the country, the majority of All Access Coach Leasing's fleet of nearly 50 buses remain parked as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Since concerts and other large public events were cancelled beginning in mid-March, the Gallatin-based company has been forced to let go of 20 employees while an additional 80 percent of its drivers remain out of work.
Congressman John Rose held a virtual town hall meeting on Facebook last week to hear from and discuss constituents' concerns.
In the video that lasted just under 35 minutes, the first-term congressman addressed the national debt, reducing federal regulations, rebuilding the U.S. economy and the House's role in responding to COVID-19.
"As we speak tonight, that debt is approaching $27 trillion," Rose said. "Worse yet, the debt is growing at an unsustainable rate and it's something we need to address."
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation's leading small business advocacy organization, presented their most prestigious legislative recognition, the Guardian of Small Business Award, to U.S. Rep. John Rose of Tennessee's 6th District.
U.S. Rep. John Rose, Republican representing Tennessee's 6th Congressional District, held a virtual town hall meeting Tuesday, Sept. 1 to answer questions on the economy and the pandemic.
Rose, from Cookeville, replaced Diane Black following her exit from Congress in 2018 to run for governor.
Rose initially addressed the nation's debt, a figure he cites as $27 trillion, expressed the urgency for law and order and called for a return to school and opening the economy in relation to the pandemic.
Leaders of both the Upper Cumberland Development District (UCDD) and the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at UCDD joined Congressman John Rose, of Tennessee's Sixth Congressional District, for a virtual town hall meeting held Tuesday. During the meeting, participants discussed challenges faced during the COVID-19 pandemic and returning to pre-pandemic operations.
"These are very interesting times, to say the least, for the country and very interesting times in Washington (D.C.)," said Rose.
United States Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $13.6 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to capitalize and administer Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs) that will provide critical gap financing to small businesses and entrepreneurs that have been adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic across Tennessee. The Upper Cumberland Development District will receive $5.6 million to aid businesses across the 14-county U.C. region.
