WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Today, Rep. Mark Green introduced the Sunset Chevron Act, which would force executive agency rules that were upheld by Chevron Deference to sunset after a designated period of time if not passed into law by Congress. This will retroactively correct many of the disasters caused by decades of Chevron and fully put the power of lawmaking back where the Founding Fathers intended it--in Congress. More specificall  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) penned the following op-ed in the Washington Times detailing the need for Congress to pass the bipartisan Removing Our Unsecure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security (ROUTERS) Act, which she recently introduced to protect our nation's citizens, intellectual property, and critical infrastructure from the Chinese Communist Party's malic  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) joined 28 Senate Republicans in sending a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland condemning the evisceration of the American judicial process and the conviction of former President Donald Trump in Manhattan. Read the full letter here or below. Dear Mr. Attorney General: The conviction of President Trump in Manhattan is nothing short of t  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision that fails to hold the Biden administration accountable for pressuring social media companies to censor conservative users on their platforms: "During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Biden administration participated in an online censorship scheme by pressuring social media compa  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) led a bipartisan group of Senate colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure requesting CMS improve patients' access to Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) scans by addressing inadequate packaging of payment for  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduced a bipartisan resolution to commemorate Social Media Harms Victim Remembrance Day on June 23, 2024. "While the internet has had many great benefits for communication, health care, and education, social media's dark and addictive rabbit holes have harmed too many young people," said Senator Blackburn. "By   more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Calif.), and Congressman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) sent a letter to the U.S. Copyright Office expressing concerns over Spotify's new bundle plans and whether they are in accordance with the Music Modernization Act, a law passed by Congress to protect publishers and songwriters. In the letter, the Members address Spotif  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.), and a group of bipartisan colleagues reintroduced the Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act, which would streamline the prior authorization process under Medicare Advantage (MA), allowing seniors to get the care they need and helping health care providers put patients over paperwork: "Modernizing and str  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Senate Human Rights Subcommittee Ranking Member Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Subcommittee Chairman Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) are launching a bipartisan inquiry with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) about reports of dangerous conditions for vulnerable children who are being held at the border awaiting processing in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities. Public repor  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: D.C. (June 25, 2023) - Today, H.R. 6586, To Require a Strategy to Oppose Financial or Material Support by Foreign Countries to the Taliban, which was introduced by U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02), passed the House of Representatives under suspension of the rules. "13 brave U.S. servicemembers, including my constituent Army Staff Sergeant Ryan Knauss, lost their lives in the Afghanistan withdrawa  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) voted against H.R. 8752, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act. "The House voted to impeach Secretary Mayorkas for neglecting to do his job, why would we want to give him more money for his failed border policies?" said Rep. Burchett. H.R. 8752 cost $64.81 billion, which is $2.96 billion above FY 2024 levels. On February 7, 2024, Rep. Bu  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Today, House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Chairman Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) delivered the following opening statement on behalf of Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) in a hearing to examine the nation's cybersecurity workforce shortage, solutions to grow the workforce, and help the United States maintain an edge in the cyber domain. Watch Subcommittee Chairman   more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: MEMPHIS - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today announced that the City of Memphis will receive a $21,832,817 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant program to fill the final gaps in the Wolf River Greenway. As of today, 25 of the 26-mil  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- 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 spoke in favor of and then voted for the Water Resources Development Act of 2024. The vote to move the measure to the House floor was 61 to 2. In opening remarks on the bill, Congressman Cohen said in part: "This WRDA bill improves critical water resources infrastructure, empowers communities to eng  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- 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 discussed the need for a new Interstate 55 bridge over the Mississippi River at an oversight hearing with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Congressman Cohen also raised Memphis-specific issues including its nation-leading pedestrian fatality rates, this week's announcement of a $21.8 million Re  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, called the Republican effort to hold President Biden's ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer in contempt of Congress "a travesty of a mockery of a sham" and introduced an amendment calling attention to why they are seeking information from him: to create "cheap fake" political ads disparaging the President. In introducing his amendment, he sa  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that nine more of his community projects he sought for the 9th Congressional District, worth $12,150,000, are included in the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act released today. Congressman Cohen announced the inclusion of six community projects in two appropriations bills worth $4.9 million on Wednesday. More appropriations b  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced six of his 15 community funding projects are included in two Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriations Subcommittee bills that have been released so far with a dollar value of $4,991,405. See a listing below. More appropriations bills funding other agencies of the federal government will be considered in July. The funding is subject to change as it moves through the pr  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement: * * * Dear Friend, This week, I discussed Memphis priorities, including the need for a new Interstate 55 bridge over the Mississippi River, with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. I also announced a $21.8 million grant to complete the final mile of the Wolf River Greenway, held an event in Memphis focusing on the use of bankruptcy to avoid civil liability, met with the new Ambassador to the United Stat  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: Today, Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03) and the House Appropriations Committee released the Fiscal Year 2025 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies appropriations bill. The bill will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow, June 28th, at 8:30 am EST. Energy and Water Development Subcommittee Chairman Chuck Fleischmann said, "O  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on June 24, 2024: Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General Joseph Cuffari requesting the complete, unredacted version of the DHS Office of Inspector General's (OIG) recent report which found that DHS is failing to adequately screen and vet asylum seek  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following statement on June 26, 2024: * * * Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) released the following statement after a shocking report by NBC News that more than 400 inadmissible aliens "who have come to the U.S. from Central Asia and elsewhere as 'subjects of concern' because they were brought by an ISIS-affiliated human smuggling netwo  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: This week, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) and Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Chairman August Pfluger (R-TX) sent a letter to now-impeached Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas questioning the apparent rebranding of the defunct "Homeland Se  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: Today, the House Committee on Homeland Security released its May"Startling Stats" factsheet, outlining the May 2024 U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) border encounter data. According to CBP, Southwest border encounters exceeded 170,000 last month, and total nationwide encounters exceeded 240,000 for the 11th month in a row--which adds   more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) introduced H.Res. 1323, which rejects the United Nations's decision to place the Israel Defense Force (IDF) on a list of child's rights abusers. This bill is a bipartisan resolution introduced alongside Reps. Jared Moskowitz (FL-23), Mike Lawler (NY-17), and Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05). "This latest stunt by the United Nations is a total joke. Israel is our greatest a  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on June 28, 2024: Today, U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Chairman of the House Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Subcommittee, held a subcommittee markup to consider the Fiscal Year 2025 Energy and Water bill. The subcommittee approved the bill, a critical step towards enacting Chairman Fleischmann's bill into law. The FY25 Energy and Water bill makes strong investments t  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Ahead of the July 4th holiday, U.S. Representative Rose (TN-06) took to the House Floor to highlight the impact inflation is having on barbecues across the country. The full remarks, as prepared for delivery, is below: Madam Speaker, Tennesseans celebrating America's independence will have to pay more for their Fourth of July barbecues thanks to President Biden's disastrous economic policies that caused r  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: On Thursday, U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) spoke on the House Floor to highlight the impact higher gas prices and energy costs are having on American families. The full remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: Madam Speaker, in January 2021, the average price for a gallon of gas was $2.39 nationally. Today, it's $3.49. And while we have seen worse, like two summers ago when the average hit $5  more