WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) sent a letter confronting Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg over reports that the platform is unfairly censoring shooting sports content and athletes. Meta has reportedly shadow-banned and de-platformed several members of USA Shooting who represent our nation on the world stage, including four-time Olympic gold medalist Vincent Hancock and Paralympian Mc  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- 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 $13,188,000 from the Safe Streets and Roads for All Program to redesign the intersection at Lamar Avenue, Kimball Avenue, and Pendleton Street, identified as the most dangerous crossroads in the city. The funding comes from the Infrastructure Inves  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- 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 $601,250 grant from the National Cancer Institute for a project entitled "Discovering the mechanisms underlying oncogenesis by ZFTA-RELA and pinpointing therapeutic targets." Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "I am always pleased to see the National Cancer Institute supporting St.  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: MEMPHIS Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today expressed concern at a Department of Justice finding that a Russian disinformation campaign is again seeking to boost Donald Trump's prospects in the presidential race this year and has used a Tennessee-based company to spread its pro-Russian English-language propaganda videos on YouTube, X, Instagram, and TikTok. Congressman Cohen made the following statement:   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: MEMPHIS Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today led 17 Congressional colleagues in a letter to Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Daniel Werfel seeking revision of a rule regarding employer-provided health insurance. The current rule provides more than a year for employers to assess if new employees are considered full-time, depriving many who would otherwise be eligible for coverage. "Some companies are s  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) released the following statement after reports that a Haitian national who entered the United States through the Biden-Harris administration's unlawful mass-parole program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV) was arrested for molesting a 10-yea  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following commentary to the New York Post on Sept. 3, 2024: * * * This week, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) published an op-ed in the New York Post, in which he documents how the Biden-Harris administration's open-borders, anti-enforcement policies have led to more criminal illegal aliens exploiting America's borders, allowed them to roam at  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following commentary to the Washington Examiner on Sept. 4, 2024: * * * This week, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) published an op-ed in the Washington Examiner, detailing the horrific exploitation of unaccompanied alien children (UACs) within the United States amid the historic Biden-Harris border crisis. The op-ed follows a recent report fr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: Today, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), released a second letter the Committee sent to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough regarding allegations of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and inappropriate interpersonal relationships at the Mountain Home, Tennessee VA Medical Center (Mounta  more