WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today announced that $18,446,336 has been allocated for the Memphis-based tri-state region by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The funding comes from funding from both the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund, advance appropriations provided by the historic Infrastructure Investment and Job  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: MEMPHIS - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), who represents the Memphis Congressional District where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated 56 years ago this Thursday, made the following statement for the anniversary of that terrible historic event: "Dr. King was in Memphis to help striking sanitation workers achieve the respect and dignity that the whole world now recognizes. It is fitting that the Lorr  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton, Sullivan, Colleagues to Austin: NATO is Not a Charity Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), along with Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and 20 of their Senate Republican colleagues, today sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin requesting an update on how the Department of Defense evaluates U.S. activities as they relate to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members' defense expend  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Today, 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 Mayorkas  more

LEBANON, Tennessee, April 1 -- The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations issued the following written testimony by Renea Jones, owner of the Jones and Church Farms Inc., at a field hearing on March 18, 2024, entitled "Victims of Regulatory Overreach: How the SEC's Climate Disclosure Rule Will Harm Americans." SEC is the Securities and Exchange Commission. * * * Chairman Huizenga, Vice Chairman Rose and Members of the Subcommittee: My name is Renea Jones, and I   more

LEBANON, Tennessee, April 1 -- The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations issued the following testimony by Whitney Hermandorfer, director of strategic litigation at Tennessee Office of the Attorney General, at a field hearing on March 18, 2024, entitled "Victims of Regulatory Overreach: How the SEC's Climate Disclosure Rule Will Harm Americans." SEC is the Securities and Exchange Commission. * * * Dear Chairman Huizenga, Vice Chairman Rose, and Members of the Su  more

LEBANON, Tennessee, April 1 -- The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations issued the following testimony by Alex Scott, an associate professor of supply chain management at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, at a field hearing on March 18, 2024, entitled "Victims of Regulatory Overreach: How the SEC's Climate Disclosure Rule Will Harm Americans." SEC is the Securities and Exchange Commission. * * * Thank you for offering me the opportunity to testify about th  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Today, House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security Chairman Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) delivered the following opening statement in a joint hearing at PortMiami with the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation entitled, "Port Safety, Security, and Infrastruct  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following statement on April 3, 2024: * * * Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) released a statement calling on the House of Representatives to bring his bipartisan legislation, 'The Securing Open Source Software Act of 2023' (H.R. 3286), to a vote. The legislation was introduced and quickly referred to the House by the Committee in May of  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following commentary to Fox News, on April 4, 2024: * * * Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) published an op-ed in Fox News urging the Senate to conduct a trial in the impeachment of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and presenting the clear, comprehensive, and compelling evidence to support his convictio  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn., (April 2, 2024) - Today, U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) released a statement following U.S. Postmaster General Louis Dejoy's announcement on changes to mail operations at the Knoxville Processing Facility following a Mail Processing Facility Review: "I appreciate Postmaster General DeJoy taking my call last week and listening to my concerns about the possible relocation of lo  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (April 3, 2024) - On the latest episode of Tennessee Talks, Josh Dobbs, San Francisco 49ers quarterback, joins Rep. Tim Burchett (TN-02) to discuss what it feels like to be a Tennessee Volunteer, Dobbs' background in Aerospace Engineering, and their shared interest in UAPs. "Josh is a great guy," said Rep. Burchett. "At UT he was dedicated to his schoolwork and gave a lot of his time  more