WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Ranking Member and Chair of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security, met with parents of children who died or were injured because of social media harms to discuss the urgent need for passage of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). The parents are in W  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) sent a letter to the CEOs of Twitter, Meta, Snapchat, and TikTok following a Wall Street Journal report that migrant smuggling operations are recruiting drivers through social media to illegally transport people across the southern border and into the United States. * * * VIA ELECTRONIC TRA  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) spoke on the Senate floor to express opposition to President Joe Biden's sweeping COVID-19 vaccine mandate for U.S. servicemembers. Senator Blackburn has pushed measures in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) FY23 to protect over 60,000 servicemembers from being terminated due to Biden's mandate. Blackburn will continue to fight against Biden's mandate   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 23 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) joined Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and five other colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden demanding more information on the Administration's potential efforts to censor Americans under the guise of thwarting so-called disinformation. Despite the Biden Administration's claim that plans to create a "Disinformation Governance Board" were   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- The House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties issued the following written testimony by Free Hearts Senior Legal Advisor Keeda J. Haynes involving a hearing on Nov. 15, 2022, entitled "Developments in State Cannabis Laws and Bipartisan Cannabis Reforms at the Federal Level." Haynes is also the federal policy analyst for the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls. * * * I. Introduction My name is Kee  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee issued the following information for a business meeting at 10 a.m. on Nov. 29, 2022, at 406 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Business meeting agenda: * Beth Prichard Geer to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority * Joseph Goffman to be an Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation of the Environmental Protection Agency * Shailen P. Bhatt to be Administrator of the Federal  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued the following information for a nomination hearing at 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 30, 2022, at 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Panel 1 1. Lynne M. Tracy The Honorable Lynne M. Tracy, of Ohio, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Russian Federation Panel 2 1. Julie D. Fisher The Honorable Julie D. Fisher,  more