WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) will lead an all-female delegation to the Del Rio Sector of the U.S.-Mexico border on January 9-10. Senator Blackburn will be joined by U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) to examine the disastrous effects of Biden's border crisis firsthand. "President Biden created a humanitarian and national security crisis at our south  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter on Jan. 6, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to today wrote Governor Bill Lee for a second time seeking emergency assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for damage done in Memphis and Shelby County by recent winter storms. Congressman Cohen noted that the dollar value of the damage now exceeds the minimum f  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 31 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today highlighted several of the many successes helping Tennesseans across the state during his second year in office. "I came to the Senate two years ago with a staunch commitment to best represent and serve the interests of Tennesseans, not just through policy in Washington but in meeting the individual needs of Tennesseans across the Volunteer State,"  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Jan. 5, 2023: U.S. Representative-elect Tim Burchett (TN-02) sent a letter to President Joe Biden to express his serious concern with some federal agencies' refusal to work with casework staff of House members-elect. Employees of some federal agencies have told caseworkers they are unable to help them because they are not employees of a U.S. Representative, but of members-elect who have not been swor  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Jan. 6, 2023: * * * U.S. Representative-Elect John Rose released the following statement regarding the U.S. House of Representatives vote for Speaker of the House. "Tennesseans are ready for the new Republican Majority to disrupt President Biden's out-of-touch agenda. I, too, am ready to get to work for America with a new Republican House Majority. While the President is feigning concern for the self-inflicte  more