WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: When it comes to President Biden's border crisis, we need to remember a simple fact: It is against the law for anyone to enter our country illegally. Yet at every opportunity, the Biden administration has tried to make illegal immigration legal. During his first 100 days in office, President Biden took 94 executive actions to open the southern border. He ended Title 42 and Remain in Mexico, and brough  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following statement on the Democrat-led National Security Supplemental and a list of the amendments she introduced to strengthen our national security and secure our border. "I fully support Israel's fight against Hamas terrorists, Ukraine's fight against Russia, and Taiwan's fight for freedom against Communist China," said Senator Blackburn. "Howev  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following statement after the House of Representatives successfully voted to impeach Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. "Under the Biden administration, there have been over 8.8 million illegal encounters at the border, including 49 potential terrorists caught since October," said Senator Blackburn. "In 2023, ICE dep  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, TENN. - U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, introduced legislation to improve emergency communication technology that could help save lives. The ITS Codification Act would codify the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS), which currently serves as the research and engin  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, TENN. - U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) reintroduced the Space National Guard Establishment Act of 2024 to establish a Space National Guard. "The U.S. needs to innovate in order to combat the New Axis of Evil's increasing aggression," said Senator Blackburn. "By establishing a Space National Guard, we will be better prepared to take on the challenges from C  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and John Cornyn (R-Texas) introduced legislation that would require any individual convicted of murdering a federal, state, and local enforcement officer to receive the death penalty or life imprisonment. In addition, the Justice for Fallen Law Enforcement Act would create a criminal penalty of 20 years in prison for assault resulting in s  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (TNSres) -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2024: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Green stated, "With today's vote, Congress has taken decisive action to defend our constitutional order and hold accountable a public official who has violated his oath of office. The House Committee on Homeland Security's investigation and subsequent impeac  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, voted again tonight against sham articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Last week, Congressman Cohen voted against the same partisan measure which failed by a single vote. The vote tonight was 214 to 213, and the measure was adopted. Congressman Cohen made the following statement prior to t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly's Special Representative on Political Prisoners, today wrote President Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken seeking to have journalist and opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Mura designated as "wrongfully detained" by Russia under the Levinson Act. The letter was sent on the day the world learn  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly's Special Representative on Political Prisoners, today expressed profound sadness at the in-custody death of Russia's chief opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and made the following statement: "Alexei Navalny was a courageous and clever nemesis of the corrupt Putin regime and his in-custody death i  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2024: U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) have co-sponsored the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act. The Kids Online Safety Act would provide kids and parents with better tools to protect themselves online, hold Big Tech accountable for harms to kids and provide transparency into black box algorithms. The bill is led by Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) and Marsha Blackburn (  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: On the heels of the Senate's hearing with Big Tech CEOs, U.S. SenatorsMarsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) lead sponsors of the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act, announced growing U.S. Senate support for the bill, with 62 senators now cosponsoring the legislation. Following conversations with stakeholders and colleagues, Blackburn and Blumenthal also announced new bill supporter  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Gary Peters (D-MI), along with Representatives Mike Gallagher (R-WI-08) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-08), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), today sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and Defense Secr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following commentary to the Wall Street Journal on Feb. 14, 2024: * * * Following the impeachment of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas by the U.S. House of Representatives, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) penned an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal detailing the secretary's willful and systemic refusal to comp  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2024: This evening, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green, MD (R-TN) released the following statement after the House of Representatives voted to impeach Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for high crimes and misdemeanors, specifically his willful and systemic refusal to comply with the laws of th  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 14, 2024: * * * Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green, MD (R-TN) released the following statement after reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is making plans to mass-release illegal aliens into the interior unless Congress meets new funding demands being made by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). These   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2024: Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) joined House Republican leadership to highlight the House of Representatives' historic vote to impeach Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for high crimes and misdemeanors, specifically his willful and systemic refusal to comply with   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Tennessee, member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following commentary to the Tennessean on Feb. 14, 2024: * * * The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act advances proven, pro-growth policies to help American families and businesses struggling in the Biden economy, writes Ways and Means Republican David Kustoff (TN-08) in an op-ed for the Tennessean. Republican tax reform has a proven track record of delivering results fo  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) introduced H.R. 7309, the Building Lasting Opportunities for Community K-12 (BLOCK) Act. The BLOCK Act would replace the U.S. Department of Education's formula grants with a system that would require the Department of Education to provide each state with a block grant in the amount they received the previous year. This system would prevent the U.S. Depar  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Feb. 13, 2024: * * * U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) released the following statement on his vote in favor of impeaching DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for the second time: "I'm glad we were able to get this done. America deserves better than a leader who willfully neglects one of the greatest threats to our national security, then lies about it under oath." The vote passed 214-213 on the Hou  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Feb. 13, 2024: * * * U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), released the following statement after voting to impeach Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for willfully, deliberately, and systematically refusing to comply and execute existing federal immigration law passed by Congress and breaching the public's trust by violating his oath of office. "Since Day 1 o  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2024: Yesterday, Representative Diana Harshbarger introduced the Wireless Broadband Competition and Efficient Deployment Act, which will reduce burdensome regulations and improve wireless infrastructure across America. Millions of rural Americans, including those who live in East Tennessee, lack access to reliable internet access, creating unnecessary challenges for local businesses, stude  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2024: Today, Rep. Mark Green (R-TN), Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, announces he will not run for re-election: "At the start of the 118th Congress, I promised my constituents to pass legislation to secure our borders and to hold Secretary Mayorkas accountable. Today, with the House having passed H.R. 2 and Secretary Mayorkas impeached, it is time for me to return home. In t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2024: U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) spoke on the House Floor Thursday to highlight the energy policies of the Biden Administration and their impact on working families. He also spoke in support of the Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act. The full remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: Madam Speaker, since stepping inside the Oval Office, President Biden has waged war against   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) spoke on the House Floor Tuesday in support of the articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. His remarks were delivered hours before the articles passed 214-213. The full remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: Madam Speaker, today, the House will vote again on two articles of impeachment against Department of Ho  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2024: U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) spoke on the House Floor Thursday in support of H.R. 7616, the 'Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act'.  The full remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: Mister Speaker, today I rise in support of H.R. 7616, the "Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act." This bill is simple. It would repeal President Biden's ban on Liquified Natural Gas (or   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) took to the House Floor Tuesday to express his continued support for impeaching Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.  The full remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: Mister Speaker, the case for impeaching DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is even stronger today than it was last week. In the last seven days, there have been tens of thous  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2024: Last week, Reps. Ron Estes (R-Kansas), Jodey C. Arrington (R-Texas), Rudy Yakym (R-Indiana), Tim Burchett (R-Tennessee), Jeff Duncan (R-South Carolina) and Jake Ellzey (R-Texas) introduced H.J.Res. 113, the Business Cycle Balanced Budget Amendment. This legislation would require the federal government to balance its budget and rein in out-of-control spending. "Our country borrows about $90,000   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2024: [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - On the heels of the Senate's hearing with Big Tech CEOs, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), lead sponsors of the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act, announced growing U.S. Senate support for the bill, with 62 senators now cosponsoring the legislation. Following conversations with stakeholders and colleagues, Blumenthal and Blackburn  more