WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) penned an op-ed in the New York Post imploring President Biden to reverse his dangerous military COVID vaccine mandate by swiftly signing the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act into law. The defense bill includes language mirroring Senator Blackburn's amendment efforts to protect troops from being fired over the COVID vaccine mandate. * * * Biden's vindict  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) secured vital wins for Tennessee in the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The bill now heads to President Biden's desk. "The New Axis of Evil is threatening the safety and security of the United States and our freedom-loving partners across the globe, and our military must remain ready to respond," said Senator Blackburn. "As a member of the Senate  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2022: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) led her Senate GOP colleagues today in a press conference to discuss their success in repealing the COVID vaccine mandate for the military as part of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Senator Blackburn was joined by Senators Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), James Lankford (R  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and John Thune (R-S.D.), along with Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) called out President Biden and his administration for forcing thei  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loans Program Office (LPO) provided Ultium Cells LLC a $2.5 billion loan through its Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) program to construct three lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing facilities in Ohio, Tennessee and Michigan. The facility in Warren, Ohio, will be the first large electric vehicle (EV) cell ba  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2022: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), the Co-Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, today questioned witnesses at a Commission hearing on "The Alarming Rise in Antisemitism and its Threat to Democracy." To Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, he asked: "Can you give what you believe   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Dec. 13 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Dec. 12, 2022: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the Shelby County Board of Education will receive a grant of $13,360,628 to operate its Head Start programs. The funding comes from the Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families. * * * Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "Providing young children access to early childhood   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2022: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today wrote to Governor Bill Lee asking him to help resolve an impasse in contract negotiations between BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee and Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare that could result in the state's most vulnerable children losing access to necessary services and therapies within weeks. The letter explains that, if the parties do not reach an   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Dec. 16, 2022: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen, who has advocated for the release of records and files associated with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy throughout his career in public office, expressed disappointment with the National Archives and Records Administration's limited release of the remaining records, and made the following statement today. "The American people have waited too long   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Rep. David Kustoff, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman David Kustoff (TN-08) recently introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives to designate December 17, 2022, as "National Wreaths Across America Day". Wreaths Across America honors our nation's heroes by donating and transporting remembrance wreaths to be placed on the graves of veterans. Over the past 31 years, 14.4 million wreaths have been distributed to various national cemeteri  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2022: Congressmen Steve Cohen of Tennessee and Joe Wilson of South Carolina, the Co-Chairman and Ranking Member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, today introduced a resolution making the finding that, in light of Russia's unprovoked invasion of and ongoing war against Ukraine, Russia's presence on the United Nations Security Council "v  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2022: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined America Reports on Fox News to discuss the flooding of fentanyl into the United States as a result of the Biden Administration's failure to address the crisis on the southern border and his legislation to stop fentanyl border crossings. Partial Transcript Hagerty on his legislation  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2022: 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 to discuss Democrats' reckless spending and their continued blocking of his legislation to help stop the fentanyl crisis. Partial Transcript Hagerty on the Senate's passage of a short-term CR yesterday: "It's a short  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2022: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations and Foreign Relations Committees, today applauded passage of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on the Senate floor. The legislation supports our Nation's brave service members, strengthens America's national security, and ensures significant investments in the State of Ten  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2022: United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) today applauded passage of their bipartisan legislation, the Commission on Reform and Modernization of the Department of State Act, as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023. The Hagerty-Cardin measure will establish a Legislative Branch commission to examine all aspects of Americ  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, and Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Pat Toomey (R-PA) introduced the CFPB Stability Act to make the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) accountable to Congress and the American people. The legislation will reform the agency's unconstitutional funding structure by subjecting it to congressional ap  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter on Dec. 14, 2022: U.S. Representatives Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) led a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), calling on the agency to scrap its proposed rule that would classify certain PFAS as "hazardous substances" under the federal Superfund law, Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA). The PFAS, or polyfluoroalkyl substances, t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Rep. David Kustoff, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman David Kustoff's (TN-08) legislation to name the courthouse in Jackson, Tennessee after Judge James D. Todd passed the House of Representatives. This legislation will designate the United States Courthouse located at 111 South Highland Avenue in Jackson, Tennessee as the "James D. Todd United States Courthouse". Originally introduced by Congressman Kustoff in the House of Representatives in De  more