WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) issued the following statement after President Joe Biden signed the FY2023 National Defense Authorization Act into law with her measure repealing the military COVID vaccine mandate. "I am glad President Biden has decided to sign the FY2023 National Defense Authorization Act into law with my measure to repeal the COVID vaccine mandate. "Our military should be fo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) slammed the Biden administration's plan to traffic illegal migrants to Tennessee on Fox News'Hannity. The decision by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to relocate single adult illegal immigrants to Tennessee comes amid the administration's ongoing effort to terminate Title 42. ICE Intends To Relocate Illegals Pending Court Proceedings To Tennessee  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), along with Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), as well as Representatives Anthony Gonzalez (Ohio-16), Annie Kuster (N.H.-02), Guy Reschenthaler (Pa.-14), and Lucy McBath (Ga.-06) celebrated the Senate's passage of the END Child Exploitation Act. This legislation doubles the mandatory time period for preservi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2022, and letter: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) sent a letter to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after learning of ICE's plan to release an unspecified number of single adult migrants into Tennessee. Tennesseans Deserve Basic Answers On Plan To Release ICE Detainees In Their Neighborhoods "We write today to express deep concern about rec  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2022: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) along with Tennessee Governor Bill Lee are demanding the White House and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reverse their plan to release an unspecified number of single adult migrants into Tennessee due to continued inaction to secure the Southern border. "Joe Biden's border crisis has made one thing abun  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) announced that their Strengthening VA Cybersecurity Act passed the Senate, after previously passing the House, and now heads to President Biden's desk for signature. This bipartisan legislation will protect veterans' personal information by requiring the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to obtain an independent cybersecurity assessment of t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Legislation authored by U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) to designate the Butterfield Overland Trail as a National Historic Trail passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday and is headed to the president's desk to be signed into law. The route, operated from 1858-1861 by the Butterfield Overland Mail Company and also known as the Butterfield Stage, was used to transport U.S. mail and passengers b  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced that Seeding Success's Shelby County Community Schools Partnership (SCCSP) will receive a $2,796,802 grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Full-Service Community Schools Program. This funding will support the coordination, integration, accessibility, and effectiveness of services for children and families at six full-service community schools in Northwest Me  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2022: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, today applauded the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol for its thorough investigation and compelling conclusions. After the January 6th Committee's final hearing, Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "I   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Cohen voted to pass the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, known as an omnibus, to keep the government open and make transformative long-term investments at the local and national level. In addition to funding critical national priorities, Congressman announced he secured $46,418,332 in funding for projects in Tennessee's 9th District in the final 2023 appropriations government funding pac  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Dec. 23, 2022: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) voted for commonsense legislation to guard the public trust and ensure tax laws are applied evenly and justly to every American - especially the President of the United States. The Presidential Tax Filings and Audit Transparency Act will require the IRS to conduct an annual, publicly disclosed audit of the President's finances. "Today, House Democrats vo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Rep. Scott DesJarlais, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Representative Scott DesJarlais (TN-04) released the following statement after it was announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to release illegal migrant detainees into the state of Tennessee to await court proceedings. "President Biden's plan to release illegal migrants into our state is unconscionable. The good people of Tennessee's Fourth Congressional District will be put at risk f  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2022: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today joined Squawk Box on CNBC to discuss his proposed amendment to the Omnibus bill to reverse the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) $600 threshold for third-party payment reporting, and Democrats' refusal to help fix the crisis at the southern border. Partial Transcript Hagerty on his 1099-K amend  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2022: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today joined Varney & Company on Fox Business to discuss Democrats' refusal to include funding to fix the southern border crisis in the recent Omnibus bill. Partial Transcript Hagerty on how the Omnibus fails to preserve Title 42: "That's one of the reasons I voted against [the Omnibus].  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2022: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations and Foreign Relations Committees, today joined Your World with Neil Cavuto on Fox Newsto discuss his opposition to the four-thousand-plus page $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill that Congressional Democrats are attempting to jam through Congress before Christmas. He also discussed the Biden Administration's a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2022, and letter: United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) sent a letter to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after learning of ICE's plan to release an unspecified number of single adult migrants into Tennessee. "We write today to express deep concern about recent reports our offices have received that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) wi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 20222: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), along with Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, today demanded the White House and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reverse their plan to release an unspecified number of single adult migrants into Tennessee due to continued inaction to secure the southern border. "When I traveled to the border in April,  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Dec. 22, 2022: * * * United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today released the following statement on the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus funding bill: "This process is everything that's wrong with Washington. Democrats have made such a mockery of how our government ought to function that the Appropriations Committee--which is charged with generating these bil  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter on Dec. 22, 2022: U.S. Representative John Rose sent a letter to President Joe Biden, along with Tennessee Congressional Delegation colleagues U.S. Representatives Diana Harshbarger (TN-01), Tim Burchett (TN-02), Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Scott DesJarlais (TN-04), and Mark Green (TN-07) condemning Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) plan to send an unspecified number of illegal immigrant de  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 21 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Dec. 20, 2022: * * * U.S. Representative Tim Burchett (TN-02) released the following statement after Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement's plan to send single adult illegal immigrants to Tennessee to await court proceedings. "President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas are betraying Tennesseans. "This is worse than criminal negligence, this is intentio  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Dec. 23, 2022: * * * U.S. Representative Tim Burchett (TN-02) released the following information about his vote against the $1.7 trillion omnibus bill to fund the government for FY2023. "I voted against this ridiculous bill because it spends billions of dollars on woke garbage and completely disregards Congress' duty to spend taxpayer money responsibly. "The American people are not our piggy bank, a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Dec. 23, 2022: * * * Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03) released the following statement after voting No on the $1.7 trillion Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus funding bill. "During the two years that Democrats have controlled the House of Representatives, Senate, and White House, they have spent more than $3 trillion, which has led to the worst inflation seen in decades. The last thing our country and   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Dec. 20, 2022: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today applauded the decision by the House Ways & Means Committee to release former President Donald Trump's income tax returns. Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "When Nixon was embroiled in scandal, he declared 'I am not a crook.' As we all know, once the evidence came to light, it turned out he was.   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following joint statement on Dec. 22, 2022, with six Congress members: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen, Co-Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, issued the following joint statement with Congressmen Tom Malinowski and Joe Wilson and Senators Lindsey Graham, Sheldon Whitehouse, Michael Bennet and Richard Blumenthal after the Senate passed an amendment to incorporate the Russian Oligarch Assets Transfer pr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Dec. 22, 2022: * * * Rep. Mark Green released the following statement regarding the Omnibus spending bill "This omnibus bill, crafted in secret, is an abject failure. "The radical left got everything they wanted on their wish list--at Tennessee's expense. Rather than listening to the American people who are struggling due to historic inflation, Democrat leadership released a 4,155-page monstrosity in the   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Rep. David Kustoff, R-Tennessee, issued the following commentary to Fox Business on Dec. 20, 2022: * * * Congressman David Kustoff (TN-08) penned an op-ed for Fox Business titled, "Biden's weaponized IRS is coming for your Venmo account". In the op-ed, Congressman Kustoff outlines how starting in January, the Biden Administration's Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will target taxpayers using third-party payment platforms such as Venmo or PayPal. Anyone conducting over $6  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 22, 2022: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today celebrated the confirmations of L. Michelle Moore, Robert Klein, William Renick, Adam Wade White, Joe Ritch, and Beth Pritchard Geer to be Members of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). "I am so ap  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2022: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today again sought to pass his "Stop Fentanyl Border Crossings Act" legislation, which would add large-scale drug smuggling as an additional basis for Title 42 expedited removal immigration authority, but Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) blocked the legislation, despite that Title 42 is scheduled to expire today depending on court action. Hagerty spoke  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following statement on Dec. 21, 2022: * * * U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement today regarding the Senate confirming the nomination of former Lyon County Judge-Executive Wade White to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Board of Directors: "I applaud the Senate approving Wade White's nomination and finally adding a Kentuckian to the TVA Board of Directors.   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Dec. 20, 2022: Following news that Russia's Ministry of Justice filed a lawsuit to shut down the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG), one of the country's oldest human rights organizations, Congressman Steve Cohen, Co-Chairman of the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, and the Special Representative on Political Prisoners for the Organization for Security and  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative John Rose voted "No" on the $1.7 trillion Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill, the primary funding bill of the federal government. U.S. Representative John Rose released the following statement: "The American People elected a new Republican Majority in the U.S. House of Representatives to put an end to the status quo of one-party Democratic rule in Washington and to restore acco  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) called on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to resign or be impeached following the announcement from Governor Lee that his office was notified that the Biden Administration intends to transport Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) adult detainees to Tennessee. "Secretary Mayorkas should do the honorable thing and resign. If he does  more