NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 30 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), and seven other Republican Senators introduced legislation to lower energy prices for American families by repealing the $10.5 billion "Superfund Tax" on American energy production. Independence Day is around the corner, and with Americans traveling to see family and friends, they shouldn't have to face sky-high prices at the   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 27 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) led their 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 available to persuade the Mexican government to counter the national security threat posed by Mexican drug cartels. Senators Jim Risch (R-Ida  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 29 -- Rep. Darrell E. Issa, R-California, issued the following news release: Yesterday, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, held a field hearing in Nashville, TN entitled "Five Years Later -- The Music Modernization Act." The hearing brought together bipartisan members of the House subcommittee as well as creators and key stakeholders of the music industry to discuss the ef  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 28 -- Rep. Darrell E. Issa, R-California, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: Yesterday, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, hosted an industry-wide roundtable discussion on the potential impact and challenges posed by artificial intelligence (AI) on America's creative enterprises. Chairman Issa convened today's roundtable to speak with members representing   more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on June 26, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a $273,000 grant from the National Institute on Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "I am pleased to see the National Institutes of Health investing in this critical research on a rare blood dise  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on June 29, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $741,494 grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to address "System-Level Barriers and Improve Medication Adherence in Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Populations." Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "Medicine onl  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter on June 28, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today wrote to Governor Bill Lee urging him to seek federal assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for damage done by high winds since Sunday. Congressman Cohen noted that the minimum threshold has been far exceeded with millions of dollars in damage already reported. * * * June 28, 2023 To: The Honorable Bill Lee, Governo  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on June 29, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today condemned the 6-3 majority opinion striking down affirmative action in college admissions and rolling back decades of legal precedent. The ruling, which resolved two cases filed by Students for Fair Admissions Inc., one against Harvard College and the other against the University of North Carolina, will a  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm traveled to Riverview Elementary School earlier today to announce that it and its Middle School have been selected as one of 24 schools across the country to have major energy-savings renovations made under the Department's Renew America's Schools Program. While an exact grant amount has not yet been awarded, Memphis-Shelby County Schools has   more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release and letter: Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), and Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Illinois), have sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Meta, regarding recent reporting that Instagram's algorithm promotes and facilitates sexual interest in and activity with children, including the production and sharing of Child  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, June 29 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: On the latest episode of Tennessee Talks, Greg "Gravy" Coker, former AH-6 Little Bird helicopter pilot and member of the 160th Special Operations Helicopter unit, joined Rep. Tim Burchett (TN-02) to talk about his time serving in the United States Army during operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. "I owe everything except my salvation to our men and women in uniform like Greg Coker,"   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 27 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on June 26, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations and Banking Committees and former Tennessee Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, will next week begin the first leg of his third-annual Economic Development tour across the state. The first segment of the tour will take Hagerty to counties and cities across east and middle Tennessee,   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 1 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance, and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX-10) released the following statement on news that U.S. technology was found in the recent Chinese Communist Party (CCP) spy balloon that violated American so  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment issued the following written testimony by Tennessee Valley Authority President and CEO Jeffrey J. Lyash involving a hearing on June 22, 2023, entitled "Review of Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request: Agency Perspectives (Part I)": * * * Thank you Chairman Rouzer, Ranking Member Napolitano, and members of the subcommittee for allowing me to represent the more than 10,000 employees and 2  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on June 30, 2023: * * * Today, Rep. Mark Green gave the following statement after the Department of Defense announced it will no longer work with film studios that censor their movies on behalf of the Communist China Party (CCP), a move Rep. Green called for in his Stopping Communist Regimes from Engaging in Edits Now Act (SCREEN Act). "I am glad to see the Pentagon stand up against the CCP's attempt to censor   more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on June 28, 2023: Last week, Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger's first bill that was signed into law as part of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2023, H.R. 4363, the DHS Contract Reporting Act, took effect. Under this legislation, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is required to publish daily public reports of all covered contract awards over the amount of $4 million. These reports will  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: In light of 'Pride Month,' Congressman Andy Ogles (TN-05) introduced two bills that fight back against the radical agenda of the LBGT movement and protect children in schools. The Keep Our Kids Safe Act of 2023 would prohibit the use of federal education funds for performances or instruction by drag queens in elementary and secondary schools. The There are Two Sexes Act of 2023 would prohibit federal funds f  more