WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, TENN. - U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced legislation to protect survivors of sexual assault and sexual harassment at the United States Coast Guard Academy (CGA) and throughout the U.S. Coast Guard. Click here to view or download a video on the legislation. "After Operation Fouled Anchor revealed a culture of sexual abuse and a systematic   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, TENN. - U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) introduced the bipartisan Health Care for Energy Workers Act to expand healthcare access for current and former energy workers, including employees at Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee. Click here to download a video about the legislation. "Our nuclear energy workers deserve  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, TENN. - U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) led their colleagues in calling for Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to demand a Senate trial for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, noting the Senate's constitutional responsibility to conduct a thorough trial following the House's impeachment articles. "Our Republican colleagues   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- 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 a grant of $523,387 from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to study synaptic vesicular transporters. Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "I am always pleased to see the National Institutes of Health investing in ground-breaking research at our premier child  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: MEMPHIS - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) applauded the selection of his former Washington-based transportation staffer Michael Fulton as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) and made the following statement: "Michael Fulton was a great staffer and is a true expert on transportation issues. He will make an excellent choice as Chairman. He has adapted well t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- 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 to President Biden urging him to honor imprisoned Russian dissident and journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza with a Presidential Medal of Freedom. The letter reads in part: "Vladimir is more than deserving of this honor as one of the greatest  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today wrote to President Biden once again urging him to release documents associated with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, long delayed despite legislative mandates for them to be made public.  The letter reads in part: "I write again to urge you to swiftly release all of the remaining non-public documents related to President John F. Kennedy's assassination.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: Today, the House Committee on Homeland Security released the "Startling Stats" factsheet detailing the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) border encounter numbers for January 2024. Last month was the worst January on record for CBP, both nationwide (242,587) and at the Southwest border (176,205). The situation remains so dire that, for  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Border crossings are at a record-high, including gotaways, foreign nationals, and members of the terrorist watch list NASHVILLE, TN--United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), along with Wilson County Sheriff Robert Bryan, Sullivan County Sheriff Jeff Cassidy, Hamilton County Sheriff Austin Garrett, Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs, Carter County Mayor Patty Woodby, and 12th Judicial District Attorney Gener  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2024: Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN), Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security Chairman Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Chairman August Pfluger (R-TX), and Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-  more

EAGLE PASS, Texas, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations and Foreign Relations Committees, today joined Mornings With Maria on Fox Business from the southern border to discuss his observations during his visit to the southern border with Tennessee sheriffs, mayors, and local officials, as well as his opposition to the Senate Foreign Aid package, and the impeachment of Departm  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. David Kustoff, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Chairman of the House-Knesset Parliamentary Friendship Group Congressman David Kustoff (R-TN) welcomed Speaker of the Knesset Amir Ohana to the U.S. Capitol for the inaugural meeting of the House-Knesset Parliamentary Friendship Group. Afterwards, the group met with family members of Israeli hostages held in Gaza. The House-Knesset Parliamentary Friendship Group is a historic alliance between members of   more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Feb. 22 -- Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Chairman of Energy and Water Appropriations and Co-Chairman of the House Fusion Energy Caucus, applauded Type One Energy Group, Inc.'s announcement that the company will invest $223.5 million to establish its headquarters and expand their operations in East Tennessee. Type One Energy will create 330 new, high-paying jobs by establishing its HQ  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: MEMPHIS - Representatives Steve Cohen (TN-9), Lloyd Doggett (TX-37) and Nanette Barragan (CA-44) today led a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure endorsing Medicare coverage of dental procedures linked to improved treatment of diabetes. The letter was co-signed by 38 other Members of Congress. The letter reads in part: "We appreciate your efforts to  more