Congressional visit

Chattanooga's small-business owners gathered this week for a visit with U.S. House of Representatives Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves, and apparently there were plenty of complaints about financial and health reforms' impacts on hiring and lending. The TFP reports. Other VNC coverage.

Fleischmann to US House Science

[Updated Jan. 6] Chattanooga-based and newly elected U.S. Rep (3rd District) Chuck Fleischmann (left) gives every indication he'll be at least as sensitive to the needs of Oak Ridge National Laboratory as his predecessor, Republican Zach Wamp, who stepped down to pursue the governorship, unsuccessfully, as it turns out. The KNS reports. The congressman announced Jan. 6 he is a member of the U.S. House Science, Space and Technology Committee. The OakRidger has it.

ORNL courts new TN congressional delegates

U.S. Reps.-Elect (R-3rd) Chuck Fleischmann (left, succeeded Wamp) and (R-4th) Scott DesJarlais toured Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which aims to enlist them in supporting the lab. The KNS reports.