WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Oct. 12, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), who led the fight along with 19 of her fellow Senators in calling on the Biden administration to formally freeze the $6 billion ransom payment to Iran, released the following statement. "It is perplexing why the Biden administration refuses to crack down on Iran and issue a formal decision to freeze the $6 billion ransom payment," said Sena  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 10 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) has pledged her full and total support for Israel in their fight against the Iran-backed terrorist attacks. Senator Blackburn led nearly all of the Tennessee delegation in a letter to President Biden urging his administration to support Israel - including by providing any weapons and munitions necessary and eliminating those involved in the terrorist at  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 13 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) announced they have released a discussion draft (https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/services/files/20CD9D6C-D8E0-4217-9C3B-2C9DA1ED71F6) of their Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe (NO FAKES) Act today to protect the voice and visual likenesses of individuals   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 12 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) led 8 Senate colleagues in calling on President Biden to immediately convene the G7 nations and take coordinated action to further isolate Iran with severe sanctions and action that will strike directly at the wealth that its support of evil terrorism brings to the Ayatollah and the Iranian mullahs. The senators are urging Pres  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 13 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) led Republican colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken requesting an update on U.S. action to hold Iran accountable for the multiple violations of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). "The Iranian regime is intent on fomenting terror across the region, as evidenced by its proxies, Hamas   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 10 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2023: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn today led 19 Senate Republicans in calling on President Biden and the State Department to immediately rescind the waivers that allowed Iranian funds to be converted and moved to more accessible bank accounts, as well as work with Qatar to immediately freeze the accounts containing these funds. Iran Was Deeply Involved In The Hamas Terrorist Attac  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Following a "productive" trip to Communist China, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo admitted to U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) today that she sees "no reason to visit Taiwan." The United States relies primarily on Taiwan for semiconductor chips, within the purview of the Department of Commerce. Partial Transcript: BLACKBURN: Okay. And have you visited Taiwan? RAIMONDO: I have not.   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) learned of the passing of longtime Memphis public servant Janet Hooks on Tuesday and made the following statement: "I met Janet Hooks when she was dating my fellow Tennessee Constitutional Convention delegate Michael Hooks in 1977 and I attended their Mud Island wedding. In her roles as a member of the City Council and as an advisor to Memphis Mayors Myron Lowery and A C Whar  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Oct. 10 -- Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03) joined Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), along with Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Representatives Diana Harshbarger (TN-01), Tim Burchett (TN-02), Scott DesJarlais (TN-04), Andy Ogles (TN-05), John Rose (TN-06), and Mark Green (TN-07) in sending a letter to President Joe Biden urging his Administration to support Israel however possible, inclu  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: BOSTON, MA--United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Jim Risch (R-ID), member and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Representatives Michael McCaul (R-TX-10), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Brian Mast (R-FL-21), last week sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken demanding answers on allegations surrounding Special Envoy for Iran Robert  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release: The House Committee on Homeland Security majority, led by Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN), released its interim report on the third phase of the Committee's comprehensive oversight investigation into the crisis at the Southwest border and how the policies and actions of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas have precipitated th  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release: Republican members of the House Committee on Homeland Security, led by Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN), sent a letter to President Joe Biden condemning the horrific and cowardly terrorist attacks by Iran-backed Hamas against Israel and expressing deep concern over the Biden administration's actions and inactions on Iran. The letter emphasizes Congress' u  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2023: House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) today announced that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas recently rebuffed the Committee's invitation to provide testimony about the state of the Southwest border and his handling of the crisis that has been raging for nearly three years unde  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 12, 2023: House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) announced a hearing next Wednesday, October 18, at 10:00 AM ET, to examine threats posed by the Iranian regime to U.S. homeland security. "The recent cowardly and despicable attacks on Israel by Hamas terrorists demonstrate once again the Iranian regime's unending commitmen  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: "Iran has been allowed to bring, in estimates, as high as $80 billion of excess revenues from illegal petroleum sales. The Biden Administration [is] looking the other way, not enforcing the sanctions--in fact, they're enforcing these sanctions the same way they're enforcing our border right now," Hagerty said. CAMBRIDGE, MA--United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relatio  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: PLANO, TX--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 savage attacks by Hamas and other Iran-backed Palestinian terrorist groups against Israel and the failure of President Biden's speech today to call out the complicity of the Iranian regime in these attacks. *Click t  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: BOSTON, MA--United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, yesterday joined The Ingraham Angle on Fox News to discuss the failures of the Biden Administration that have emboldened Iran and Hamas in the terror attack against Israel. Partial Transcript Hagerty on the Biden Administration's initial failure to support Israel'  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- Rep. David Kustoff, R-Tennessee, issued the following joint statement on Oct. 10, 2023: * * * Chairman David Kustoff (R-TN), Ranking Member Dean Phillips (D-MN), and members of the bipartisan House-Knesset Parliamentary Friendship Group issued the following statement in response to the horrific terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel: "We strongly condemn the brutal, barbaric terrorist attack committed by Hamas, an Iranian-backed terrorist organization, on Israel. As of now  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 14 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Oct. 13, 2023: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) today called on President Biden to remove Jake Sullivan from his post as National Security Advisor to the United States. Right Before The Attack On Israel, Sullivan Misled Us All On The Middle East's Security Status "Mr. Sullivan has routinely misled the entire government about the status of security threats around the world. Just eig  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following statement after her office received news that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is "approving a Stay of Removal for one year" for the Romeike family. "As millions of illegal aliens cross our southern border, the Biden admin has worked to remove the Romeike family, who came to TN legally after being persecuted for homeschool  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following statement on the Hamas terrorist attacks against Israel. "Just weeks ago, the Biden administration handed over $6 billion to Iran, and today, innocent Israelis were murdered by Iran-backed Hamas terrorists. "We must continue to support our strongest ally in the Middle East and their right to defend themselves against these unprovoked,   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2023: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) led nearly all of the Tennessee delegation in a letter to President Biden urging his administration to support Israel however possible- including by providing any weapons and munitions necessary and punishing all involved in aiding the Hamas terrorists. Our Strongest Middle East Partner Deserves Nothing Less Than Our Ironclad Support "This viole  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) joined Fox News Live to react to the unprovoked terrorist attacks against Israel. Partial Transcript Below: "Israel is our strongest ally in the Middle East, and we need to be standing with them. And when you look at the actions that what I call the New Axis of Evil - Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea - take, you have to think about where they're going to mo  more