WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2024: On Thursday, the House Committee on Homeland Security, led by Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN), held another hearing as part of the historic impeachment proceedings against Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. This hearing examined the devastating impacts of Secretary Mayorkas' intentional border crisis on Ame  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) today pressed Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough on reports that the VA is prioritizing medical care and benefits for illegal immigrants at the expense of American veterans and taxpayers. Over 1 Million Veterans Are Waiting For A Claim To Be Processed, While Taxpayers Cover $94.3 Million In Medical Care For Detained Migrants "In fiscal year 2022 alone,   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, TENN. - U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) introduced the Protect Medicaid Act to ensure the long-term integrity of Medicaid by preventing liberal states like California from forcing American citizens in other states to subsidize state programs that expand Medicaid benefits to illegal immigrants. "Tennesseans and the American people do not want their tax  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: On the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) called out the Biden administration and congressional Democrats for pushing open-border policies that undermine the rule of law and prioritize illegal immigrants over law-abiding citizens.  Click to download or view. Remarks as prepared: Last week, House Republicans launched their impeachment proceedings against Secretary Alejandro Mayork  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2024: Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green held the second impeachment hearing on Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. This hearing, titled, "Voices for the Victims: The Heartbreaking Reality of the Mayorkas Border Crisis," examined the devastating impact of Secretary Mayorkas' intentional border crisis on Americans, including testimony from moms  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (TNSres) -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2024: Today, Chairman Mark Green led all 17 Republican members of the House Committee on Homeland Security in calling for the U.S. House of Representatives to impeach Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. "After our nearly year-long investigation and subsequent impeachment proceedings, and having exhausted all other options to hold him accountable, it is unm  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a $409,500 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for a project entitled "Metabolic checkpoint in dendritic cell subsets and adaptive immunity." Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "I am pleased to see our National Institutes of Health investing in c  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the Tipton County Board of Education will receive $17,338,355 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for replacement of Crestview Middle School in Covington destroyed in the storms and tornadoes of March of last year. Part of the restoration will be covered by an additional $10.3 million in insurance payouts. Congressman Cohen made the follow  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that Shelby County will receive $2,058,400 for its Ryan White HIV Emergency Relief program from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "The Ryan White programs administered by Shelby County have saved lives and continue to improve patient outcomes. This funding is critical to support the  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: MEMPHIS - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive two grants, for $245,700 each, from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. One grant will support research in trivalent live attenuated vaccines and the other will support research on Streptococcus pneumoniae. Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "I am always plea  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today applauded the Biden Administration decision to shorten the path to student debt cancellation under the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Program. Those students who borrowed less than $12,000 and have been in repayment for 10 years will have their entire debt cancelled next month without taking any action. The decision accelerates the SAVE deadlines by s  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) plans to mark the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday with continued work toward King's goals and contemplation of what might have been. He made the following statement: "In his day, King was the conscience of the nation, teaching us the true meaning of character. His dream inspired a movement that continues to demand real change. Ongoing efforts to curb voting ri  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) again today voted to avoid a federal government shutdown as Republican disunity and dysfunction required Democratic votes to prevent a catastrophe. This is the third time - after votes on September 30 and November 14 - when the House has had to take up temporary spending bills to keep the doors open. The vote on passage was 314 to 108. Congressman Cohen made the following st  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 12 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today announced several changes to his staff in Washington, D.C. and Tennessee. "I'm pleased to welcome these new additions to my staff and announce promotions for others," said Senator Hagerty. "For three years, my exceptional staff has empowered me to be a strong advocate for the Volunteer State and Tennessee values, and I am grateful for their hard w  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), members of the Senate Banking Committee, today introduced the Preventing Illicit Finance Through Partnership Act of 2024, legislation to combat illicit finance by fostering communication between federal law enforcement agencies and private companies. "Federal law enforcement agencies already have the tools to combat illicit finance--the  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, joined Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee, along with every Republican on the Committee, in sending a letter to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chairman Martin Gruenberg, and Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu calling for fi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 18, 2024: * * * Today, all 18 Republican members of the House Committee on Homeland Security released the following statement announcing their support for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' impeachment by the House of Representatives: "After our nearly year-long investigation and subsequent impeachment proceedings, and  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 17, 2024: * * * Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) issued the following statement after sending a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, offering the Secretary the opportunity to submit written testimony for the record in defense of his refusal to follow the laws of the Un  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2024: Today, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) delivered the following opening statement in the Committee's second hearing of the impeachment proceedings against Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. This hearing is to examine the consequences of Secretary Mayorkas' intentional border  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2024: This week, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN), Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security Chairman Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), and Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Chairman August Pfluger (R-TX), along with Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Chairman   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2024: This week, 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) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray, reque  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2024: This week, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN), Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Chairman August Pfluger (R-TX), and Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement Chairman Clay Higgins (R-LA) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayo  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Ahead of the March for Life rally in Washington, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Representative Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) today re-introduced the Woman's Right To Know Act, to protect the health of pregnant women and unborn children by providing adequate medical information for informed consent before abortions. "The Woman's Right to Know Act protects the sanctity of life for women and childr  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: MEMPHIS - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Regional One Health officials will hold a press conference on Tuesday, January 23, to discuss the $1 million he secured last year and the $2 million he has secured in the current fiscal year for Regional One. Congressman Cohen, as a Shelby County Commissioner, cast the decisive vote creating the Regional Medical Center at Memphis ("The Med"), now known as Regiona  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Jan. 17, 2024: * * * Today, Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03) released the following statement after voting to pass H. Res. 957, which denounces President Biden's open border policies that have created one of the worst humanitarian and national security crises in American history and urges the president to end his open border policies and secure the border. "Since the day he took office, Presi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Jan. 18, 2024: * * * Today, Rep. Mark Green released the following statement regarding his vote against a Continuing Resolution. "Today, I once again voted against a Continuing Resolution. I cannot in good conscience allow Pelosi-era spending to continue. For me, this was a vote against the status quo, a vote against reckless spending, and a vote against stealing from our future generations. I am not willin  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06), a former practicing attorney, signed onto an Amicus Brief led by House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) in Trump v. Anderson, a case currently pending before the Supreme Court regarding Colorado's exclusion of Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential primary ballot. In Trump v. Anderson, the U.S. Supreme Court is weighing whether former Pr  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Rep. Jeff Jackson, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2024: Today, Reps. Jeff Jackson and Rich McCormick led a bipartisan group of members of Congress requesting the Food and Drug Administration take action to address tianeptine use. Tianeptine, commonly known as "gas station heroin," has opioid-like qualities and is extremely addictive. Tianeptine is not currently scheduled as a controlled substance and is not approved for any medical use by  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) voted 'No' on the Senate Amendment to H.R. 2872, Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other Extension Act, 2024, which would extend federal government funding until March 1st and March 8th at levels supported by then-Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, and President Biden that originally passed in a December 2022 funding bill totaling $1.7 trillion.  Rep. Rose h  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) welcomed Tennesseans to the nation's capital for the 2024 March for Life. Click to download or view. Transcript: "To all of our Tennesseans who are coming to the capital for March for Life: thank you for making the trip, and thank you so much for the great work that you do every day to defend life. I want to say a special thanks to you for the work you did in   more