WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) introduced legislation to ensure human and drug traffickers cannot continue to defraud the American taxpayer while they await prosecution and conviction. Senator Blackburn introduced the Stop Taxpayer Funding of Traffickers Act following her recent visit to the Del Rio Sector of the U.S.-Mexico border. This legislation is also cosponsored by Senators Cindy Hyde-  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) is pushing new legislation to stop human and drug traffickers from receiving government-funded benefits while awaiting trial. Senator Blackburn, along with Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) discussed the humanitarian consequences of Biden's open border agenda during a press conference today. Cartel Criminals Ar  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) will continue vigorous investigative oversight this Congress as Ranking Member and Chair of the Senate Human Rights Subcommittee. "There is work to be done domestically and internationally to put an end to human and sex trafficking and to support freedom fighters abroad. Human rights has long been a priority for me - from passing bipartis  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today reintroduced the Civil Rights Legacy Protection Act, legislation that would establish penalties for vandalism of Civil Rights monuments and memorials. The measure calls upon the U.S. Civil Rights Commission to create a list of monuments and memorials that should be protected. Just south of Memphis, the plaque memorializing the place outside Mon  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Feb. 17, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today reintroduced the Baseball Diplomacy Act with Congressman Mark Pocan (WI-02) to eliminate barriers to Cuban athletes entering the U.S. on non-immigrant visas during the baseball season and then returning home when the season ends. The measure would allow players to retain their Cuban citizenship and return to Cuba with their earnings, rather than hav  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release: Despite Biden's Department of Homeland Security celebrating lower migrant encounter numbers last month, CBP had over 156,000 migrant encounters along the Southwest border in January. Don't be fooled: while the monthly encounter numbers were lower than the previous month, over 156,000 encounters is not a good month. This total encounter number does not accou  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today in an oversight hearing questioned Ambassador Richard R. Verma, the Biden Administration's nominee for Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, on the Biden Administration's controversial push to reopen a U.S. consulate for Palestinians in Jerusalem. The Government of Israel has consistently   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations and Foreign Relations Committees, joined Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street on Fox Business to discuss the lack of seriousness from the Biden Administration in both their approach to debt ceiling negotiations and the Chinese Communist Party. Partial Transcript Hagerty on the need for fiscal responsibility: "This whole point of ba  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along withSenators John Barrasso (R-WY), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and Mike Braun (R-IN), today introduced the Cutting-off Communist Profiteers (CCP) Act. This legislation would prohibit any U.S. political appointees from knowingly representing, aiding, or advising the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chinese milit  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) and Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Chairman August Pfluger (R-TX) led the Subcommittee members in calling for a briefing from NORAD and DHS on the possible compromising of homeland equities by the Chinese surveillance balloon that infiltrated U.S.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement at a hearing on Feb. 16, 2023, entitled "Ending Trade that Cheats American Workers By Modernizing Trade Laws and Enforcement, Fighting Forced Labor, Eliminating Counterfeits and Leveling the Playing Field": * * * "Before we begin, I will mention two things--particularly since this is the Committee's first trade hearing of the new Congress. "First, I welcome Ms. Cindy  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today pressed Assistant Secretary of State Todd Robinson and Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Dr. Rahul Gupta on the Biden Administration's blatant refusal to condemn China for its role in America's fentanyl crisis during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. Drug overdoses killed over 100,000 Americans in 2021, with t  more