WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, TENN. - U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), introduced legislation to improve the transparency of Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and ensure they are best serving the health care needs of America's seniors. The Encounter Data Enhancement Act would require Medicare Advantage plans to report import  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, TENN. - Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), along with co-chairs and co-founders of the Abraham Accords Caucus and Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism Senators James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), led a letter to the United Nations (UN) urging them to designate Iranian-backed Hamas as a terrorist organization following the brutal terrorist attacks on Israel on Octo  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, TENN. - U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.) announced the introduction of the Chinese CBDC Prohibition Act to prohibit money services businesses (MSBs) from engaging in any transaction that involves a central bank digital currency issued by the People's Republic of China--for example the newly-announ  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, TENN. - U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), and Mark Warner (D-Va.) reintroduced the Telehealth Response for E-prescribing Addiction Therapy Services (TREATS) Act, legislation to increase access to telehealth services for opioid use disorder. The bipartisan bill will waive regulatory restrictions for accessing care, preserving fle  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- 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) announced a hearing on Wednesday, November 29, 2023, at 10:00 AM ET, to examine the present and future challenges in the Arctic region and evaluate the United States Coast Guard's (USCG) unique role in maintaining freedom of movement, defending vital U.S. national interests, and protectin  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following statement on Nov. 22, 2023: * * * House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) released a statement Wednesday following the crash of a vehicle into a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) checkpoint in upstate New York, near Niagara Falls: "Today's events demonstrate that the threats to the men and women of CBP, not to mention all law enforcemen  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 21 -- 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 and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, yesterday joined guest host David Asman on Kudlow to discuss the Biden Administration's continued appeasement of Iran, the State Department's lack of transparency regarding the suspension of Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman transitioning  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: 'Oscar Wilde once said life imitates art. Under President Biden, U.S. foreign policy more frequently imitates memes. Yet this tragedy is entirely avoidable.' A popular meme depicts salvos of Israel's Iron Dome interceptors on their way to counter scores of Hamas rockets over a skyline. Under Israel's interceptors, one caption reads: "My tax dollars." Under the Hamas rockets, another caption reads: "Someho  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, TENN. - In case you missed it, a new poll shows that the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act has overwhelming support from the American public. The poll, released by Issue One's Council for Responsible Social Media and Fairplay, found that 86 percent of U.S. voters support the legislation. Support for the bill crosses partisan lines, with 84 percent of Republicans, 92 percent of Democrats, and  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Andy Ogles (TN-05), joined by Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), introduced the Safeguarding Honest Speech Act, which would prevent federal departments and agencies from forcing employees and contractors to use an individual's 'preferred pronouns.' This bill comes after the Biden Administration's Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a new mandate that made failure to use 'preferred prono  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) will hold a press availability to celebrate the $3 million appropriation he secured for the renovation of Historic Melrose High School in Orange Mound on Monday, November 27. Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland and the city's Housing and Community Development Director Ashley Cash will also speak and take questions. The 40,000-square-foot structure was built in 1938 in the Art Modern  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a member of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus who was awarded the Humane Society's Humane Horseman of the Year last year, and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1), Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-9) and Congressman Vern Buchanan (FL-16), today led 122 Congressional colleagues in a letter to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack urging   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: On the latest episode of Tennessee Talks, former Navy pilot and founder of Americans for Safe Aerospace Ryan Graves joins Rep. Tim Burchett (TN-02) to discuss his experiences as a Navy pilot, the founding of Americans for Safe Aerospace, and work that needs to be done on the UAP issue. "Ryan was a key player in the Oversight hearing we had on UAPs in July," said Rep. Burchett. "He's the first active-d  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- 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 its annual Worldwide Threats hearing to examine ongoing threats to the homeland. Witnesses included Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray, and National Counterterrori  more