WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) sent a letter to Veterans Affairs Secretary and former chief of staff to President Obama, Denis McDonough, to press him on his involvement in the Russian collusion hoax. The letter follows up on Senator Blackburn's questioning in a May 17th Veterans Affairs Committee hearing, in which Secretary McDonough "forgot" his role in the FBI Crossfire Hurricane  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on June 1, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following statement after announcing she will be voting against increasing the debt limit. "Joe Biden's offer was a debt ceiling increase with new taxes and without spending cuts, and I commend Speaker McCarthy for fighting back against Biden's blank check agenda," said Senator Blackburn. "No one wants the government to default o  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), James Risch (R-Idaho), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) announced the creation of a new Senate National Labs Caucus. The National Lab Network conducts cutting-edge research to advance and deploy technologies that are critical to maintaining sustainable economic growth in the U.S. and safeguarding our national security. The Senate Nati  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 1 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) led Senate Republicans in reintroducing legislation to help recover funds lost to unemployment insurance (UI) fraud and provide incentives for states to recover fraudulent payments. The introduction of the legislation follows ongoing concerns that just a sliver of the funds lost to misspent unempl  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on May 30, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced two National Science Foundation grants totaling $741,268 to the University of Memphis. One grant, for $148,020, will underwrite collaborative research uncovering and enhancing pathways to psychological safety at work for racial minority women under the direction of Associate Professor of Management Kristen P. Jones. The second grant, for $593  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on May 31, 2023: As the summer travel season ramps up and millions of Americans continue to board crowded flights, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the House Aviation Subcommittee, today joined Senators Tammy Duckworth and Tammy Baldwin in reintroducing the Emergency Vacating of Aircraft Cabin (EVAC) Act to ensure the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) does more to prioritize passenger  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on May 31, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today spoke from the House floor in favor of the debt ceiling compromise, despite some provisions he doesn't like, and then voted for it. While there was much in the measure that he didn't like, such as a rollback of environmental regulations and added work requirements for SNAP recipients, he said, "As Members of Congress, we have tough decisions to make." The  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking and Foreign Relations Committees, yesterday pressed Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration Thea Rozman Kendler on the Biden Administration's reported delay of a far-reaching measure to revoke U.S. export licenses related to Huawei Technologies, the Chinese state-directed telecommunications company th  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter on June 1, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today led 46 of his colleagues in a bipartisan letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm, raising their concern about a proposed rule by the DOE that increases efficiency standards on distribution transformers--critical grid products--at a time when the availability of essential grid components remains a significant   more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following statement on May 31, 2023: * * * House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) released the following statement on the announced retirement of U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz: "Amid a devastating and historic border crisis created by his boss and President Biden, Chief Ortiz had an impossible job, but one he did with honesty and dedication.   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 31 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, this weekend joined Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street on Fox Business to discuss the Biden Administration's weakness on the world stage and failure to deal with Communist China from a position of strength. Partial Transcript Hagerty on China's recent provocations against  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 31 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on May 30, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations, Banking, and Foreign Relations Committees and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, today joined Mornings With Maria on Fox Business to discuss the debt ceiling deal between Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden, his legislation to relieve stress in the banking system, and the Biden Administration's f  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on May 31, 2023: * * * U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Responsibility Act, the largest deficit reduction bill in U.S. history, while responsibly raising the debt ceiling. "Everyone in America knows that Washington has an out-of-control spending problem that has led to our nation being close to $32 trillion  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on May 31, 2023: * * * Rep. Mark Green released the following statement on the vote to raise the debt ceiling and cut spending, the Fiscal Responsibility Act: "The Fiscal Responsibility Act lifts the current debt limit but caps non-defense discretionary spending at $704 billion for FY24--a $53 billion cut from the projected 2024 baseline. "Despite barely holding a majority in the House, having enough Democrats  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Lynne E. Parker, associate vice chancellor at the University of Tennessee, involving a hearing on May 16, 2023, entitled "Artificial Intelligence in Government": * * * Chairman Peters, Ranking Member Paul, and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify at this hearing on artificial intelligence (AI) in government. I am an Associate Vice Chancellor at the U  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative John Rose voted "Yes" on H.R. 467, the Halt Fentanyl Act, which would permanently classify fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I drugs under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and allow law enforcement officials to continue seizing them at our borders and in communities across the United States. The bipartisan legislation passed 289-133. Rep. Rose released the following statement: "  more