NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 18 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter on July 17, 2023: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), along with members of the Tennessee delegation, sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, seeking answers as to how Camilo Hurtado Campos, a criminal illegal immigrant, was able to stay in the United States for over two decades. Campos was arrested on June 23, 2023, in Franklin, Te  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023, and a letter: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) led a group of Republican senators in calling on the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to protect agency whistleblowers who disclosed the existence of FBI records alleging a criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Biden and a foreign natio  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letters: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Senate Finance Committee Republicans are demanding information from the IRS and calling for an investigation from the U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) on numerous serious reports of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees conducting illegal searches and the weaponization of the agency against conservatives. In a let  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following opening statement on July 19, 2023: * * * Today, Chairman Mark Green gave the following opening statement during today's House Homeland Security Committee hearing titled, "Biden and Mayorkas' Open Border: Advancing Cartel Crime in America." The hearing explored how Secretary Mayorkas' open border has emboldened and enriched cartels and wreaked havoc on communities across the country. Excerpts of Chairman Green's remarks  more

FRANKLIN, Tennessee, July 21 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023, and a letter: This week, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD joined Senator Marsha Blackburn, Rep. Diana Harshbarger, Rep. Tim Burchett, Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, Rep. Scott DesJarlais, Rep. Andy Ogles, and Rep. John Rose in a letter to the Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas. The letter demanded answers regarding Secretary Mayorkas' complete  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on July 18, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a $663,500 grant to study Transcriptional Regulation in ZFTA-RELA Ependymoma from the National Cancer Institute. Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "Research into cancerous tumors affecting children is one of the best investments the federal government, and its Institute  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on July 18, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $750,000 grant to strengthen its Family Medicine program from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Rural Residency Planning and Development Program. The purpose of the program is to improve health care in rural areas by developing new, sustainable rur  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on July 18, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today joined fellow members of Congress in asking Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan to revoke the invitation to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to testify at Thursday's hearing before the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Congressman Cohen made the follow  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on July 18, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, today joined Helsinki Commission members and other members of Congress in a meeting with Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, Pope Francis' Special Envoy seeking to resolve the humanitarian crisis being caused by the Russian abduction of Ukrainian children. The focus of the meeting today was Ca  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Aviation Subcommittee, proudly voted for the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act, reauthorizing and updating Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs for five years. The bipartisan measure passed on a vote of 351 to 69. "Aviation is important to the nation's economy and to our travel and Memphis lives and breathes be  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on July 18, 2023: * * * Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Tim Burchett (TN-2) today introduced a measure ensuring the public has access to information about the salaries of Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) employees making more than $109,908 annually, or the maximum basic pay rate of a General Schedule Grade 13 (GS-13) Federal employee. At a recent oversight hearing before the Subcommittee on Water Resources   more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger introduced the Patient Right to Shop Act, a bipartisan bill which will prohibit gag clauses in pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) contracts to ensure patients can conveniently access information on the cost of their prescription drugs. To compare the costs of prescription drugs, patients often use third-party transparency tools provided by their hea  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced a resolution reaffirming American support for Israel. Specifically, the resolution states Israel is not a racist state, Congress rejects all forms of antisemitism and xenophobia, and the United States will always be a staunch partner and supporter of Israel. Senators John Boozman (R-Arkansas), Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee), Steve Daines (R-Montan  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today applauded an opinion from Paul Summers--a former state appeals court judge and attorney general of Tennessee--who found that Bud Light's sponsorship of Dylan Mulvaney violated the beer industry's code prohibiting the marketing of alcohol to underage individuals. Judge   more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter on July 19, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today led his colleagues in sending a letter to Comptroller General of the United States Gene Dodaro, who heads the Government Accountability Office (GAO), seeking an opinion regarding whether the Congressional Review Act (CRA) applies to recent actions undertaken by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to artificially reduce illega  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the Making Iran Sanctions Stick in Lieu of Expiration of Sanctions (MISSILES) Act, bipartisan legislation to impose U.S. sanctions on Iran's missile and drone program. As Israeli President Isaac Herzog said i  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 18 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on July 17, 2023 and a letter: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), along with six other Senate Republican colleagues, in sending a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen urging the development of a strategy to counter Iran's petrochemical industry as well as  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 18 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on July 17, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) joined Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), along with Senators Ron Johnson (R-WI), Rick Scott (R-FL), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and JD Vance (R-OH), in reintroducing the PRESERVE Online Speech Act, legislation that combats censorship coordination between Big Tech companies and governments by requiring technology companies to disclose any U.S. or forei  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rep. David Kustoff, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: Today, Congressman David Kustoff (R-TN), along with Congressmen August Pfluger (R-TX) and Max Miller (R-OH), applaud the passage of their resolution supporting the State of Israel and denouncing antisemitism. This straightforward measure passed the House of Representatives by a bipartisan vote of 412 to 9. The resolution clearly affirms that: Israel is not a racist or an apartheid state;  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following opening remarks on July 19, 2023: * * * United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government (FSGG), today delivered opening remarks at a hearing reviewing the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). * * * Opening remarks as prepared for delivery: Chairman Van Hollen, I want to start by   more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Rep. Mark Green's amendment prohibiting the Department of Defense from assisting film studios that censor films for the Communist Chinese Party (CCP) made it into the House Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Rep. Green said: "I introduced the SCREEN Act to stop Communist China from using our film industry to spread its propaganda. I applaud the decision of the Pentagon to refuse gov  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on July 20, 2023: * * * Today, Rep. Mark Green released the following statement after the Federal Reserve launched FedNow, a national system to manage and control financial transactions: "FedNow is a major mistake. Both the Obama and Biden administrations weaponized agencies against the American people; what will make this system any different? What will stop the far left from using this to target political op  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: Today, Rep. Mark Green introduced the Publish Overdose and Suicide Tracking For American Safety Today Act of 2023, the POST FAST Act. The bill mandates that the CDC publish suicide and drug overdose data monthly and no later than 60 days past the end of the month in which the data was collected. "Every American lost to suicide or drug overdose is a crack in the heart of our country. In orde  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following remarks on July 20, 2023: * * * U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) spoke on the House Floor Thursday to condemn efforts to suppress Americans' First Amendment right to free speech, as alleged in testimony to the U.S. House Committee on the Weaponization of Government. The full remarks, are prepared for delivery, are below: Mister Speaker, House Republicans are doing everything we can to investigate the politicization  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following news floor remarks on July 18, 2023: * * * U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) spoke on the House Floor Tuesday to emphasize the need for increased border security and to highlight the real-world consequences of the growing number of undocumented immigrants entering the United States. * * * The remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: Madam Speaker, about 20 miles outside my district, in Franklin, Tennessee, a 6  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on July 19, 2023: * * * U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) introduced H.R. 4657, a bill that would protect retail investors and retirement savings from activist shareholders and socially-directed investment funds abusing the shareholder process to advance their activist and oftentimes progressive political agendas. Currently, under the SEC's recent Staff Legal Bulletin 14-L, significant social policy issues,  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) took to the House Floor Tuesday to offer reaction and highlights from the testimony of Special Counsel John Durham last week during a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee. The full remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: Mister Speaker, the American people heard a stunning testimony from Special Counsel John Durham last week during a House Jud  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on July 17, 2023: U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) spoke on the House Floor Monday in support of H.R. 3941, the Schools Not Shelters Act, which prohibits the use of public elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education to provide shelter for illegal immigrants. The full remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: Madam Speaker, this week, House Republicans are committed to fulfi  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on July 17, 2023: U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) spoke in favor of H.R. 3935, the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act, on the House Floor Monday. The bill reauthorizes the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), allocates funding for various programs and projects, and includes agency directives through FY2028. The full speech, as prepared for delivery, is below: Mister Speake  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following remarks on July 19, 2023: * * * U.S. Representative John Rose spoke on the House Floor Wednesday night in support of H.R. 3935, the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act, ahead of a vote on the legislation Thursday. The full remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: Madam Speaker, the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act will impact anyone boarding a plane in the Un  more