NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 31 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) commended Grand Ole Opry member and country music star Craig Morgan for enlisting in the U.S. military to continue serving his beloved country and working with DoD leadership to boost recruitment rates and heighten morale. Last fall, when the U.S. Army was 15,000 recruits short of their yearly goal, Senator Blackburn and her office began working with t  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) introduced the Dairy Business Innovation Act of 2023, bipartisan legislation that will reauthorize and strengthen the Dairy Business Innovation (DBI) Initiatives to help more American dairy farmers and processors add value to their businesses, including creating new products, expanding their markets, and modernizing their prod  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) led a letter signed by every Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee asking Chairman Durbin to call Attorney General Merrick Garland and U.S. Attorney David Weiss to testify in light of recent events related to the Hunter Biden tax investigation. The Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans noted U.S. Attorney   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on July 31, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a $220,133 grant from the National Science Foundation for research on privacy in the transmission of encrypted data over wide-area networks. The research is being conducted by Professor Christos Papadopoulos, who holds the Sparks Family Chair of Excellence in Global Research Leadership in t  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 4 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Aug. 3, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced two grants from the National Institutes of Health. One, for $500,500, is for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital for a project entitled "Mechanisms of Sonic Hedgehog Signal Transduction" from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. The second, for $423,500, is for research on periodontal ligament regeneration, from the  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on July 31, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today reacted with shock and sadness after hearing that the Margolin Hebrew Academy-Feinstone Yeshiva of the South on White Station was reportedly hit by gunfire this afternoon, and made the following statement: "I am shocked to know of this senseless incident and relieved at reports that no one at the school was injured. Antisemitism is on the ri  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on July 31, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) this evening updated a previous statement on today's gunfire at Margolin Hebrew Academy after new details about the alleged shooter began to emerge. He made the following statement: "We have recently learned that the shooter at the Margolin Hebrew Academy was himself Jewish and a former student at the school. "I am pleased the academy had effectiv  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Aug. 1, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee who introduced an impeachment resolution and four times voted to impeach Donald Trump, today responded with the following statement after Trump was indicted for his connection to the January 6, 2021 insurrection: "I was in the House Chamber when the rioters breached this sacred space, and feared for my lif  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release and letter: This week, House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Chairman August Pfluger (R-TX) and Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions Chairman Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas a  more

CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2023: Today, Rep. Mark Green introduced the Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act, cosponsored by Rep. Richard Hudson (NC-09), after the Biden administration barred archery and hunting programs from receiving federal education funding. Rep. Green said: "Children in Tennessee schools should not be prevented from receiving safety and skills training in archery, hunting, and other   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2023: Last week, Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger, joined by Congressman Chip Roy (R-TX), introduced the Innovative Cognitive Care for Veterans Act. This legislation will direct the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement a pilot program that increases access to innovative cognitive care in partnership with private organizations. With recent studies forecasting increases in cognitive  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Aug. 3, 2023: * * * Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger released a statement on the arraignment of President Donald J. Trump. "Today's politically-motivated arraignment of President Trump marks a dark day for our nation," said Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger. "Joe Biden's persecution of President Trump is a blatant power grab and an attempt to silence the voices of millions of Americans. It's designed to  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (TNSres) -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following fact sheet: * * * Dairy Business Innovation Act of 2023 The Dairy Business Innovation Act of 2023 builds on the support for regional dairy research and innovation centers across the country by raising the program's annual authorization from $20 million to $36 million. After the program was created in the 2018 Farm Bill, multiple dairy business and innovation centers were established to serve producers acro  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and country music star Craig Morgan joined Fox News' Faulkner Focus to highlight their partnership on Craig's enlistment in the U.S. Army Reserve. Morale Boost Is Needed As The Army Expects To End Another Year 10,000 - 15,000 Recruits Short Senator Blackburn: "Craig and I were visiting about a year ago about this very issue and about what he could do t  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- 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 Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence, led by Chairman August Pfluger (R-TX), held a joint hearing to examine the tragic human cost of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and President Biden's  more