WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) fought to secure vital wins in the Senate-passed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). "Once again, I am honored to have fought for priorities in the NDAA that will bolster our nation's security and directly benefit Tennessee's military and research communities," said Senator Blackburn. "As Communist China and their fellow New Axis of Evil members continue   more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) celebrated the Senate Commerce Committee passage of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). "Every day, the momentum is growing to pass lifesaving legislation to protect kids online," said Senators Blackburn and Blumenthal. "We are thrilled that the Kids Online Safety Act is advancing to the Senate floor, but until this bill passes,   more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) are launching a bipartisan inquiry to protect children from online sex abuse content generated by artificial intelligence. This week, Senators Blackburn and Ossoff, Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Human Rights Subcommittee, are calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to increase resources   more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on July 25, 2023: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) introduced bipartisan legislation to improve coordination between the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) on activities carried out under the National Quantum Initiative Program. "Tennessee is home to quantum applications that have become critical as our nation competes on the global st  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on July 27, 2023: * * * Congressman Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Chairman of the House Appropriations Energy and Water Subcommittee and Co-Chairman of the House National Labs Caucus, released the following statement applauding the appointment of Dr. Stephen K. Streiffer to be the next Director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). "I congratulate Dr. Stephen K. Streiffer on his appointment to be t  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release and letter: House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-KY) are probing allegations made by a credible whistleblower that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials have retaliated against a witness in the committees' investigation of President Biden  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on July 26, 2023: * * * U.S. Representative's Tim Burchett (TN-02), Anna Paulina Luna (FL-13), and Jared Moskowitz (FL-23) and the House Committee on Oversight & Accountability subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs held a bipartisan hearing into Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs). "I think it went really well," said Rep. Burchett. "We had great witnesses come in with rea  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on July 27, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) today introduced the bicameral Equal Employment for All Act, which would prohibit employers from using credit reports to evaluate job applicants. Congressman Cohen, who has introduced the measure in each of the past five Congresses, made the following statement: "Using a job applicant's credit history to den  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on July 25, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $511,066 from the National Eye Institute to study retinal angiogenesis. Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "I am pleased to see the National Institutes investing in research at our medical school and addressing an eye disease that can lead  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today offered an amended version of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Salary Transparency Act that he and Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-2) introduced last week at a markup of the legislation. The full committee passed the bill by a voice vote, and it is now eligible for consideration by the  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on July 26, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today questioned Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about the threats that domestic violent extremism, anti-government sentiment, and white supremacy pose to our homeland security. He followed up on his exchange with FBI Director Wray last week in which they discussed how rhetorical attacks  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on July 26, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today cosponsored the Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act with Congressmen Frank Pallone (NJ-6), Bobby Scott (VA-3) and Richie Neal (MA-1) and will also cosponsor the Affordable Insulin Now Act introduced by Congresswoman Angie Craig (MN-2). Both measures expand on provisions of last year's Inflation Reduction Act by increasing the number of drugs s  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today questioned Drug Enforcement Administrator Anne Milgram about the need to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level and about the agency's approach to stopping fentanyl trafficking. Milgram was testifying at a Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance oversight hearing. In his questioning, C  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen TN-9), a past Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today spoke at a hearing of the renamed subcommittee on "gender-affirming" health care. He raised questions about the direction the subcommittee is taking in raising culture war issues and defended the civil rights of transgender people. In his remarks, Congressman Cohe  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, July 25 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter on July 24, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today wrote to Governor Bill Lee asking him to seek a disaster declaration for damage done to homes, businesses and utilities by the third round of serious storms to hit the region since June 25. The request involves severe thunderstorms beginning July 18 that affected parts of Shelby County. The letter reads in part: "These severe thunder  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on July 27, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), who represents Memphis, today welcomed today's announcement that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will investigate if the Memphis Police Department has a "pattern and practice" of discrimination in policing. The Memphis Police Department has been working with DOJ's Collaborative Reform Initiative Technical Assistance Center, a program of the COPS office,   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 25 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on July 24, 2023: * * * United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today announced several changes to his staff in Washington, D.C. and Tennessee. "My teams in both the Volunteer State and on Capitol Hill are comprised of talented and accomplished men and women who have served Tennesseans extraordinarily well for two and a half years," said Senator Hagerty. "I'm pleased to welcome several new indivi  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today applauded the House Foreign Affairs Committee's bipartisan passage of the House version of the Hagerty-authored Iran Sanctions Relief Review Act (ISRRA). The bill would ensure that the President submits any sanctions relief relating to Iran for congressional review and provide a backstop if the Executive Branch attempts to evade the legal req  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on July 25, 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, along with Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Tim Kaine (D-VA), today introduced the IDB Transparency Act, a bipartisan bill to require the Treasury Department to force transparency on China's malign influence at the Inter  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter on July 26, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO), along with twelve other Senate colleagues, in sending a letter to State Department Chief Information Officer Kelly Fletcher to find out the extent of the People's Republic of China's (PRC's) recent breach of the Department's unclassified email   more

WASHINGTON, July 19 (TNSres) -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release: Today, the House Committee on Homeland Security, led by Chairman Mark E. Green, MD, released the first phase interim report in the Committee's investigation into Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' dereliction of duty and the Biden administration's failure at the Southwest border. The report provides evidence of Secretary Mayorkas' refus  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: This week, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) joined Fox Business' Evening Edit and Fox News' Your World With Neil Cavuto to discuss the Committee's oversight investigation into Secretary Mayorkas' dereliction of duty at the Southwest border. On the 85,000 Unaccompanied Alien Children (UACs) unaccounted f  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release: Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) delivered the following opening remarks during a hearing to examine the reckless open-border policies put in place by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that have empowered the drug cartels in Mexico to seize operational control of the Southwest border and smuggle illeg  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Yesterday, House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Chairman August Pfluger (R-TX) joined Fox News' Special Report With Bret Baier with Congressman Wiley Nickel (D-NC) to discuss their recent bipartisan Congressional Delegation (CODEL) trip to Brazil, Colombia, and Panama. On the CODEL, the   more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release: This week, the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement, led by Chairman Clay Higgins (R-LA), and the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability, led by Chairman Dan Bishop (R-NC), held a joint hearing to examine the effectiveness of the border barrier system and the effects of the Biden administration's cancellati  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release: This week, the House Committee on Homeland Security, led by Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN), held a hearing to examine how the policies of President Biden and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas have empowered cartels in Mexico to seize unprecedented control of the Southwest border. This hearing is part of the second phase of the oversight inves  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following statement on July 27, 2023: * * * House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed Rep. Laurel Lee's (R-FL) "Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2023," H.R. 4470 on Tuesday, and then Vice Chairman Michael Guest's (R-MS) "Unmanned Aerial S  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 26 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on July 25, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined Mornings With Maria on Fox Business to discuss his legislation to hold the White House accountable for colluding with Big Tech to censor Americans, the Biden Administration weighing a deal with China to lift sanctions in exchange for help with the fentanyl crisis, and the B  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on July 26, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, questioned expert witnesses at a hearing titled "Rescuing Ukrainian Children and Women from Russia's Aggression." Congressman Cohen focused his line of questioning on the Ukrainian children abducted to Russia and efforts by Papal Envoy Matteo Zup  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: This week, Rep. Mark Green's Stopping Communist Regimes from Engaging in Edits Now Act (SCREEN Act) passed the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Green's legislation prohibits the U.S. State Department from assisting studios that censor films for the Chinese Communist Party. Green said, "The Chinese Communist Party has no place dictating the content of American films. American filmmakers shou  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following remarks on July 25, 2023: * * * U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) spoke on the House Floor Tuesday in support of H.R. 4368, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2024. The full remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: Mister Speaker, as a Christian, a father, and conservative Member of Congress: I make no secret about it--I am   more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following remarks on July 27, 2023: * * * U.S. Representative (TN-06) spoke on the House Floor Thursday in support of the spending bill that funds agriculture, rural development, the Food and Drug Administration, and other related agencies for the 2024 fiscal year. The full remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: Mister Speaker, the Fiscal Year 2024 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related A  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following remarks on July 26, 2023: * * * U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) spoke in support of H.R. 4366, the Fiscal Year 2024 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The full remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: Mister Speaker, this week, House Republicans are continuing to deliver on our Commitment to America--a nation that is safe--by providing the Department of Defense w  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following remarks on July 25, 2023: * * * U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) spoke on the House Floor again on Tuesday to underscore his support of H.R. 4368, the Fiscal Year 2024 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies appropriations bill. The full remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: Mister Speaker, this week, House Republicans are considering the Fiscal Year 2024 Agricultu  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate has advanced a measure led by U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) that would allocate $10 million toward mobile mammography services for women veterans. The amendment will now be included in this year's Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). "Access to breast cancer screenings saves lives, but many female veterans often have to wa  more