WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2023: In the first hearing held by the House of Representatives since the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel, the House Committee on Homeland Security, led by Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) and Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Chairman August Pfluger (R-TX), questioned witnesses in order to examine and a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) led a roundtable discussion with parents whose children fell victim to the dangers of social media to discuss the importance of the Kids Online Safety Act and holding Big Tech accountable for their addictive features that intentionally target kids and teens. More photos are available here & video is  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) are encouraging a swift Senate passage of their resolution that denounces antisemitism at institutions of higher education and pushes college and university leaders, administrators, and faculty to voice their opposition to antisemitism on campus. The resolution comes  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) penned an op-ed in New York Post underlining the importance of destroying Hamas in order to help both Israelis and Palestinians. Last week, Senator Blackburn introduced legislation to halt all funding for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, which is a key organization that the State Department uses to funnel aid to Gaza.   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) introduced the Advanced Border Coordination Act, legislation to strengthen border security by improving law enforcement communication and coordination at our southern border. "Hamas' horrific incursion into Israel and subsequent mass murder of innocent Israelis has been a solemn reminder of the critical im  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Thune (R-S.D.), and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), introduced the Securing Advances and a Variety of Evidence-Based (SAVE) Institutions for Mental Disease (IMD) Options Act. The bipartisan legislation would establish a permanent state plan option in Medicaid that allows states to provide patients between the ages of 21 to 64 with substance use   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) joined Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and James Lankford (R-Okla.) in introducing the Stop Antisemitism on College Campuses Act, which would rescind federal education funding for colleges and universities that peddle antisemitism or authorize, fund or fa  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following cost estimate for the Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency Act (H.R. 4693): * * * H.R. 4693 would require the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to report to the Congress annually with the names, compensation, and duties of employees at or above the GS-15 pay grade of the General Schedule. Currently the Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995 exempts TVA from having to report such information. H.R. 4  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that Tennessee will be receiving $68,117,175 in Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding, supplemented by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) that he alone in the current Tennessee Congressional delegation supported. The IIJA portion of the LIHEAP funding totals $1,701,882. Congressman Cohen made the following stat  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the House Ranking Member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, today questioned expert witnesses at a hearing entitled "Hamas' Hostages, Putin's Prisoners, and Freeing International Captives: Towards Stronger U.S. and Global Action for International Political Prisoner Day." Congressman Cohen was appointed as the Organ  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) tonight voted for a House resolution standing with Israel as it defends itself against a barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists, and made the following statement: "After being handicapped by a lack of a Speaker for weeks, I was pleased to sponsor and vote for the McCaul-Meeks H. Res. 771. I commend Speaker Johnson for making it the first legislative act of his sp  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today made the following statement after Congressman Mike Johnson of Louisiana was elected Speaker of the House: "After three weeks, House Republicans have finally found someone who could get all of their votes." *** Original text here: https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohens-statement-election-mike-johnson-louisiana-speaker  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C.--Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Finance Committee members Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Tim Scott (R-South Carolina), Steve Daines (R-Montana), Todd Young (R-Indiana), John Barrasso (R-Wyoming), Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Trade Representative's (USTR)   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Notes that there is no basis for recent reporting that Iran-backed Palestinian terrorist groups raised $130 million via offshore crypto WASHINGTON--United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today in a hearing exposed Democrats' attempts to use the recent Iran-backed Hamas terrorist attacks against Israel as an excuse to force the cryptocurrency industry offshore,  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: The Protect Our Bases Act will ensure land purchases near critical military and government sites are properly scrutinized WASHINGTON--United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today joined Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), Senators Katie Britt (R-AL), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Steve Daines (R-MT), and Mike Rounds (R-SD), in introducing the Protect Our Bases Act, legislation to   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release: This week, the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability, led by Chairman Dan Bishop (R-NC), held a hearing to evaluate the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) efforts to counter the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) abuse of the Uyghur people, particularly through the enforcement of the Uyghur Forced Labor Preve  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release: This week, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) joined Fox News' "Fox News @ Night," "Outnumbered," and "Cavuto Live" to discuss threats to the homeland in the wake of Hamas terrorist attacks on America's indispensable ally, Israel, and the Biden administration's weak foreign policy toward the Iranian regime, which is suppor  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following statement: * * * House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) issued the following statement Saturday, October 20, following the release of new numbers by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that showed the agency recorded more encounters at the Southwest border in September than any other month in the agency's history: "This fiscal year m  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release: House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) and Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Chairman August Pfluger (R-TX) delivered the following opening statements in a hearing to examine and assess the threats posed by the Iranian regime to U.S. homeland security. This hearing comes after the unprovoked a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Since taking office, President Biden has sent the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) around $1 billion, despite knowing there would be a high risk of Hamas benefiting from American taxpayers. Yet, the United States is once again poised to enable terrorism against our greatest ally in the Middle East with up to $9 billion in alleged humanitarian aid. UNRWA of  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release: Following months of stonewalling, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) finally responded to multiple requests by the House Committee on Homeland Security for information and documents regarding the expanded use of the CBP One app by DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' department to release hundreds of thousands of otherwise inadmissible aliens into the Un  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Senate today unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution led by U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) that denounces antisemitism at institutions of higher education and pushes college and university leaders, administrators, and faculty to voice their opposition to antisemitism on campus. "After  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Memphis officials will hold a press availability on Tuesday, October 31, to discuss the $3 million in federal Community Project funding the congressman secured for the Overton Park-Memphis Zoo Parking Solution Initiative. What: A press conference to discuss Community Project funding for Overton Park-Memphis Zoo Parking Solution Initiative When: Tuesday, October 31, at 12  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Oct. 25, 2023: * * * Today, U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) released the following statement on his vote for Rep. Mike Johnson (LA-04) for Speaker of the House. "Mike Johnson is a good man who answers to the people, not the lobbyists. He will unite our party and push fiscally responsible policies because he fears God and puts this country first. I was proud to vote for him on the floor and I loo  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Finance Committee members Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Tim Scott (R-South Carolina), Steve Daines (R-Montana), Todd Young (R-Indiana), John Barrasso (R-Wyoming), Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) issued the following statement in response to the U.S.   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Washington, DC--U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) released the following statement: "I'd like to express my enthusiastic support for Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) to be elected the 56th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives," said Rep. Rose. "I've had the pleasure of watching his steadfast leadership and commitment to his faith and conservative values as Chairman of the largest Republican caucus in Co  more