WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) delivered the following remarks on the U.S. Senate floor in honor of the 5 fallen soldiers of Fort Campbell's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR): Click here to view. "On November 10, the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment lost 5 soldiers when their helicopter crashed during a training flight over the Mediterranean Sea.   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn's (R-Tenn.) measure calling for a permanent freeze for the $6 billion ransom payment to Iran passed the U.S. Senate. "As the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism, it is critical that not one more U.S. taxpayer dollar is given to the Iranian regime," said Senator Blackburn. "With Iran's backing to the tune of $100 million annually, Hamas was able t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following statement ahead of President Biden and Chinese President Xi's meeting in San Francisco: "Xi's trip is intended to sweet-talk Biden so the administration will have an excuse to lift sanctions against Communist China. Even though the U.S. has made China aware of their complicity in the U.S. fentanyl epidemic for years, the CCP continues to   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and 20 colleagues released the following statement ahead of the Biden-Xi meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit. Joining Senators Blackburn and Risch were Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Ted Cruz (R-Te  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) spoke from the House floor this morning, urging support for Israel and recognition of the barbarity of Hamas' October 7 surprise attack on Israeli civilians. Later today, Congressman Cohen will attend the "March for Israel" on the National Mall at which thousands are expected. After the rally, he will attend a classified briefing on the ongoing conflict and later will meet in   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly's Special Rapporteur for Political Prisoners, issued the following statement regarding the case of the Russian artist and anti-war protestor Alexandra Skochilenko: "The Putin regime is yet again demonstrating its warmongering, dictatorial character in sentencing Ms. Alexandra Skochil  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), along with Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee), Rick Scott (R-Florida), Marco Rubio (R-Florida), and Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi), yesterday sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen. The senators urged the secretaries to hold terrorist groups linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) account  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release: The House Committee on Homeland Security, led by Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN), held a hearing to examine global threats to the U.S. homeland and America's interests abroad. The hearing featured testimony from Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray, and National   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (TNSres) -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release: The House Committee on Homeland Security released its latest "Startling Stats" factsheet outlining U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) border encounter data for October 2023, which marks the beginning of Fiscal Year (FY) 2024. "It may be a new fiscal year, but we're still stuck in the same historic border crisis," Chairman Green said. "Thes  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON--United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today in a hearing obtained a commitment from Cardell Richardson Sr., nominee to be the State Department's Inspector General to proceed, if confirmed, "independently, expeditiously, and with appropriate transparency" as the Department's Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigates conduct related to  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today praised the Senate's overwhelming passage of his measure to ensure that the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes a provision to prevent Communist China and its biotech companies from harvesting the DNA of American citizens. The provision, supported by Hagerty in the Senate and authored by Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI-08)  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, TN--United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today released the following statement in the wake of allegations of a toxic work culture at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC): "I am deeply disturbed by the reports that came out this week about the FDIC's culture of harassment and abuse, which has been tolerated by the agency's leadership f  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON--United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, yesterday joined Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR), along with five other Senate Republican colleagues, in sending a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urging them to hold terrorist groups linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) accountable for attac  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: PALO ALTO, CA--United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined Senator Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with six other Senate Republican colleagues, in sending a letter to President Joe Biden expressing concern about his Administration's decision to ease pressure on the Maduro regime and encouraging  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement with Senator Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and other Senate Republican colleagues ahead of the Biden-Xi meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit. Joining Hagerty and Risch are Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Th  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: PALO ALTO, CA--United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today joined Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee, along with 37 other Senate Republican colleagues, in sending a letter to Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chairman Martin Gruenberg, and Office of the Comptroller of t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (TNSres) -- 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 fourth phase of the Committee's comprehensive oversight investigation into the causes, costs, and consequences of the crisis at the Southwest border and how the policies of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Al  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- 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) delivered the following opening statement during a hearing to examine global threats to the U.S. homeland and our security interests abroad, featuring testimony from Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christop  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, TN--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 live at the Grand Ole Opry to discuss President Joe Biden's meeting with Xi Jinping and their dinner party with big CEO supporters despite major failures in "Bidenomics." *Click the photo above or here to watch* P  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- Rep. David Kustoff, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2023: Today, Congressman David Kustoff (R-TN) and Congressman Brad Schneider (D-IL) introduced bipartisan legislation to revoke the tax-exempt status for any organization that provides financial support or resources to designated terrorist groups. Recent reports have indicated that U.S. based, tax-exempt nonprofits may be providing funding and support to Hamas. "A crucial pillar in t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Nov. 11, 2023: Today, Rep. Mark Green released the following video in honor of Veterans Day: Read excerpts from Rep. Green's speech below: "When people ask why we make such a big deal out of Veterans Day, I can only tell you why it is a big deal to me. As a guy who went to combat three times as a soldier, who served 24 years first as an infantryman and a ranger, and then as a physician in Special Operati  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (TNSres) -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Nov. 16, 2023: This week, Rep. Mark Green, M.D., joined an amicus brief to the Supreme Court led by Rep. August Pfluger (TX-11). The amicus brief expressed deep concern over the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) handling of the approval process for the chemical abortion drug, mifepristone. Green said, "Abortion is wrong, period, but this chemical abortion drug has a greater risk for women's he  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Nov. 16, 2023: Today, Rep. Mark Green, Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, reintroduced his Our Money in China Transparency Act, which requires an annual, detailed report on any federal funds spent on activities in collaboration with Communist China's entities and institutions. Green said, "Xi Jinping will stop at nothing to undermine the United States. And yet U.S. dollars continue to enrich   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, TENN. - In honor of the many dedicated rural health care providers and our nation's patients who depend on their services, the U.S. Senate has declared November 16, 2023, National Rural Health Day. The bipartisan resolution was introduced by U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), co-chairs of the Senate Rural Heal  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) met with the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology to discuss the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), led by Senators Blackburn and Blumenthal, and the protection of minors against online harms. Click here to download the photo. *** Original text here: https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2023/11/senator-bla  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following statement on Nov. 16, 2023: * * * House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) released a statement Thursday following the death of Border Patrol Agent Freddy Ortizon November 14. An agent stationed in the Tucson Sector, Ortiz was responding to suspected illegal activity at the border Tuesday evening when his all-terrain vehicle crashed and he w  more