WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: In response to a probe by U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), TikTok confirmed they do store some U.S. user data in Communist China. "We are extremely concerned that TikTok is storing Americans' personal, private data within the reach of the Chinese government," said Senators Blackburn and Blumenthal. "TikTok executives appear to have repeatedly   more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on June 20, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following statement on the DOJ's deal with Hunter Biden: "It's no coincidence that less than a week after President Trump is arraigned, Hunter Biden is pleading guilty to a sweetheart deal with no jail time. The DOJ is going for the low-hanging fruit by charging Hunter Biden with a gun felony and two tax misdemeanors, after year  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on June 23, 2023: * * * House Appropriations Energy and Water Development Subcommittee Chairman Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03) released the following statement after the House Appropriations Committee advanced the Fiscal Year 2024 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations bill. "My first bill as Chairman of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies subcommittee makes histor  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on June 22, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today announced two major RAISE grant awards including $25 million to Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) for its Crosstown Corridor Safety and Multi-Modal Enhancement Program and $13.2 million to Shelby County for its Eliminating Barriers on North Watkins (Project ELBOW). The funding c  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today questioned Special Counsel John Durham at a hearing of the Judiciary Committee. Durham was appointed to investigate the intelligence that led to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Congressman Cohen asked about Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort sharing internal polling data with a Russia intelli  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today questioned Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) CEO Jeff Lyash at a Subcommittee on Water and the Environment hearing reviewing President Biden's 2024 Budget Request for that agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. In his l  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on June 23, 2023: Arkansas Senators Tom Cotton and John Boozman joined Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee) and twenty-three of their colleagues in reintroducing the Iran Sanctions Relief Review Act (ISRRA). The legislation would ensure that the president submits any sanctions relief relating to Iran for congressional review. The bill would also provide a backstop if the executive branch attempts to evade the le  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on June 20, 2023: On the latest episode of Tennessee Talks, Ed Rottmann, CEO of Chroma Energy Group, joined Rep. Tim Burchett (TN-02) to talk about the our nation's transition to cleaner energy, the future of our power grid, and what makes East Tennessee great for business. "Chroma energy is doing great work and it's coming right out of East Tennessee," said Rep. Burchett. "This is a dynamic field and   more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release: This week, the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection, led by Chairman Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), held a hearing to examine ways to grow the national cybersecurity talent pipeline. Witness testimony was provided by Anjelica Dortch, the Senior Director for U.S. Government Affairs at SAP America, Inc., Will Markow, th  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on June 21, 2023: * * * United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today released the following statement after voting against advancement of the Recovering Executive Compensation Obtained from Unaccountable Practices (RECOUP) Act in a Senate Banking Committee Hearing legislative markup: "What happened at Silicon Valley Bank with executives cashing out just before th  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter on June 21, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate Banking Committee, today led five colleagues in sending a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the Biden Administration to use every diplomatic tool to persuade the Mexican government to counter the national security threa  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Banking Committees, along with Senator Jim Risch (R-ID), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led their colleagues in reintroducing the Iran Sanctions Relief Review Act (ISRRA), a bill to ensure that the President submits any sanctions relief relating to Iran for congressional  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on June 20, 2023: Last week, the House Committee on Homeland Security launched a full-scale investigation and preliminary report detailing Secretary Mayorkas' dereliction of duty at our Southwest border and the crisis he has now created at our maritime and Northern borders. To announce the launch, Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) joined Members of the Commit  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release: House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) joined Fox News' Your World with Neil Cavuto to discuss the Committee's ongoing investigation and the newest U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data that shows the crisis at the Southwest border is still unprecedented under Secretary Mayorkas' dereliction of duty. On Secretary Mayo  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release and letter: This week, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) and Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Chairman Dan Bishop (R-NC) sent a letter to the Director of the Election Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center at the Center for Internet Security (CIS), concerning its work to facilit  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet issued the following information for a field hearing entitled "Five Years Later - The Music Modernization Act" at 10 a.m. on June 27, 2023, at Belmont University, Gabhart Student Center, Multipurpose Room A/B, 1930 Belmont Blvd, Nashville, Tennessee: The hearing will examine the impact of the Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act (MMA), five years after it was signed into la  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Review of Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request: Agency Perspectives (Part I)" at 10 a.m. on June 22, 2023, at 2167 Rayburn House Office Building: Witness List: * The Honorable Michael L. Connor, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Department of the Army * Major General William "Butch" H. Graham, Deputy Chief of Engi  more

NEW YORK, June 21 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on June 19, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, today joined Kudlow on Fox Business to discuss the Biden Administration's weakness toward America's adversaries after Secretary of State Antony Blinken's meeting with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping in China. Partial Transcript Hagert  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking and Foreign Relations Committees, today joined Mornings With Maria on Fox Business to discuss his letter urging the Biden Administration to sanction Mexican government officials for enabling Mexican drug cartels to smuggle drugs into the U.S. through the southern border and today's Senate Banking Committee hearing wi  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release: While the Biden administration attempts to claim victory at the border following the end of Title 42, the newest U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data proves that the crisis at the Southwest border is still unprecedented under Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' dereliction of duty--regardless of how he tries to hide the crisis in plain s  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) received the "Champion of Limited Government" award from the Institute of Legislative Analysis (ILA). ILA scored each member based on analysis of key votes that reflect the lawmaker's view of the role of government. Members who scored 90% or higher received the "Champion of Limited Government" award. Rep. Burchett received a score of 98.61%. "I'm proud to receive this  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 22 (TNSrpt) -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: This week, Rep. Mark Green sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra regarding the Department's illegal decision to revoke Title X family planning funding from the State of Tennessee due to the State's decision to stand for life. He wrote: "Title X has supported Tennessee families for decades, and the Biden administration  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on June 20, 2023: Last week, Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger introduced H.R. 4196, the One Flag For All Act, in response to President Biden's decision to fly a pride flag in place of an American Flag at the White House. Under this legislation, any flag, other than the U.S. Flag, will be prohibited from being flown, draped, or displayed at or on public buildings. Exceptions allowed under this bill incl  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following floor remarks on June 21, 2023: * * * On Wednesday, U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) took to the House Floor to encourage his colleagues, from both sides of the aisle, to vote to overturn President Biden's veto of H.J.Res. 45. That legislation would have overturn the administration's student loan forgiveness plan. * * * The full remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: Mister Speaker, today I rise in oppositi  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following floor remarks on June 21, 2023: * * * U.S. Representative John Rose spoke on the House Floor Tuesday night to condemn the Biden Administration for the record number of illegal immigrants crossing the U.S. southern border, and to urge House colleagues to vote to condemn the use of public schools to house illegal immigrants. * * * The full remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: Mister Speaker, President Biden's an  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following floor remarks on June 22, 2023: * * * U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) spoke on the House Floor Wednesday ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Dobbs V. Jackson. * * * The full remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: Mister Speaker, this weekend, on June 24th, marks one whole year since the landmark Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. As we look back and   more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following floor remarks on June 23, 2023: * * * U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) spoke on the House Floor Friday, one day after the House passed H.Res.461, a measure condemning the Biden Administrations' use of public-school facilities to house illegal immigrants. * * * The full remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: Mister Speaker, since President Biden took office, there have been 5.2 million illegal crossings of o  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following remarks on June 20, 2023: * * * U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) spoke in favor of the CHOICE Arrangement Act Wednesday, a bill that would offer small business owners more flexibility and affordability when offering health coverage to their employees. * * * The full remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: Mister Speaker, according to the National Federation of Independent Business, small businesses have rank  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following floor remarks on June 22, 2023: * * * U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) took to the House Floor again on Thursday to express his concerns over the Biden Administration's proposed student loan forgiveness program. * * * The full remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: Mister Speaker, time and time again, President Biden and Congressional Democrats have made the choice to blatantly disregarded the dire state of  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Representatives Steve Cohen (TN-9), Dina Titus (NV-01) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) today re-introduced the Horse Transportation Safety Act that would ban the transportation of horses across state lines in "double decker" trucks or trailers containing two or more levels on top of one another. Congressman Cohen, a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, last   more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on June 20, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) announced a new $12.2 million grant to provide communities in northwest Georgia with high-speed, low-cost internet access through construction of a 185-mile fiber route across eight counties between Chattanooga, Tennessee; Bremen, Georgia; and Atlanta, Georgia. The grant comes from the National Telecommunication  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on June 20, 2023: Tomorrow, Wednesday, June 21, at 10:00 AM ET, the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence, led by Chairman August Pfluger (R-TX), will hold a hearing to examine the threats posed to the U.S. homeland by malign nation-state actors in Central and South America. DETAILS: WHAT: A House Homela  more