WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) led over 25 of her Republican colleagues in introducing legislation to close loopholes that allow Title X family planning funds to go to entities that perform abortions, including Planned Parenthood. "Abortion providers have a long history of misappropriating taxpayer dollars to quietly fund the industry, and we must close those loopholes," said Senator Blackbur  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) led over 30 of her congressional colleagues in filing an amicus brief to the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota, contending that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' (ATF) new pistol brace rule clearly contravenes the Second Amendment. The amicus brief also contends that the rule was never authorized by Congress, thu  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) led over 30 of her congressional colleagues in filing an amicus brief to the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota, contending that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' (ATF) new pistol brace rule clearly contravenes the Second Amendment. The amicus brief also contends that the rule was never authorized by Congress, thu  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) introduced the No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act. This legislation would require any convention or agreement resulting from the work of the World Health Organization's (WHO) intergovernmental negotiating body be deemed a treaty, requiring the advice and consent of a supermajority of the Senate. The legisla  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) introduced the Revising Existing Procedures on Reporting via Technology (REPORT) Act. This legislation will make several updates to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) CyberTipline, which would help them account for changes in technology and the way reporting takes place. Specifically, the bill makes the reporti  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter on March 1, 2023: Rep. Mark Green, Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, sent a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky demanding updated data on drug overdose deaths in the midst of the fentanyl crisis plaguing our country due to the Biden-Mayorkas border crisis. Chairman Green wrote: "In recent years, drug overdose deaths in the   more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Feb. 27, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a $1,247,879 grant from the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases for research mapping the genomic and molecular mechanisms of antifungal resistance in the emerging fungal pathogen Candida auris, often spread in health care settings. * * * Congressman Cohen made th  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 3, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced two National Institutes of Health grants totaling $1,312,806. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive $890,694 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study the interaction between T-cell receptors and the peptide-major histocompatibility complex (MHC). The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UT  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Feb. 28, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Porter-Leath's Early Head Start programs will receive $1,284,763 and the Shelby County Board of Education will receive $13,360,627 for Head Start programs from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration of Children and Families. * * * Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "Early Head Start and Head S  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), the ranking member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Aviation Subcommittee, today announced that Memphis International Airport will receive a $14.8 million investment from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to modernize its 60-year-old terminal facilities and ensure modern day code compliance. The phased terminal development projects would ensu  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced today that the City of Memphis will receive $14,819,865 and Shelby County will receive $1,641,575 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to meet a variety of housing and transportation needs. The bulk of the funding - more than $7.5 million - is for Community Development Block Grants. Other funding is for the Home Investment Part  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Feb. 27, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a grant of $708,579 to study hematopoietic stem cell dysfunction in sickle cell disease from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. * * * Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "Sickle cell disease disproportionately affects African Americans and is a debilitating   more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Feb. 27, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Shelby County will receive a $185,967 Assistance to Firefighters grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to enhance its response capabilities and to more effectively protect the health and safety of the public and emergency response personnel from fire and other related hazards. * * * Congressman Cohen made the fo  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 1, 2023: On the first day of Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today introduced the bipartisan Cerebral Palsy Research Program Authorization Act, to investigate the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and societal costs of cerebral palsy, the most prevalent life-long physical disability. The bill is currently cosponsored by Congressmen Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Emanuel  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 1, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today introduced the Curb Leaders from Electioneering with Autographs on National (CLEAN) Checks Act, a measure prohibiting the manipulation of the public's financial lifeline for a politician's political gain. Until President Trump placed his name on every COVID-19 pandemic relief check, no President had so blatantly sought to take misplaced credit for feder  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Feb. 27, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today introduced the Diversity Advancements in Accelerated Learning Programs Act, legislation that would authorize Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) funding to be used to create equity offices in state education departments or local education agencies. These offices would work to provide recommendations and develop programs to improve diversit  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today introduced the Fort Pillow National Battlefield Park Study Act, legislation that would direct the Department of the Interior to conduct a resource study to determine whether the location of an infamous massacre of Black Union soldiers in the waning months of the Civil War qualify it as a National Park Service site. The massacre, in which surrendered so  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 1, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today reintroduced the Housing Accountability Act, legislation that would hold property owners of low-income housing accountable for poor living conditions. Specifically, the legislation would require residents of private properties that have Section 8 Housing Assistance Payment contracts to be surveyed twice a year to determine the existence of persistent pr  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2023: As airlines continue to fail consumers, with refund complaints still 11,000 percent above pre-pandemic levels, Representatives Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced their Cash Refunds for Flight Cancellations Act, legislation to provide consumers an enforceable right to a full cash refund when airline  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2023: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced two bills, the Stop CRT Act and the Combatting Racist Training in the Military Act. The Stop CRT Act would prevent federal funding from going to schools that teach Critical Race Theory. The Combatting Racist Training in the Military Act would prevent similar woke ideology from being taught in any Department of Defense institution, including ser  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 27 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: On the latest episode of Tennessee Talks, Dr. Marianne Wanamaker joined Rep. Tim Burchett (TN-02) to discuss the economic hardships facing Americans, how government red-tape and regulations affect our labor market, and how the U.S. can revitalize its workforce. "Dr. Wanamaker is really sharp," said Rep. Burchett. "She's highly regarded in her field and has a strong grasp on the inner working  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 3, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today announced his appointments as Ranking Member of the following subcommittees on the Senate Foreign Relations, Appropriations, and Banking Committees for the 118th Congress: On the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Hagerty will serve as Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 2, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today in a hearing pressed Dr. Vivek Murthy, nominee to be U.S. Representative on the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO), on the WHO's cover-up of the possibility that the COVID-19 pandemic originated in a Chinese lab. "[The WHO was] very quick to dismiss the possibility that  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Feb. 27, 2023: * * * United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking and Appropriations Committees, today released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will consider the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that found the funding structure of the Consumer Protection Financial Bureau (CFPB) to be unconstitutional: "For far too lo  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- 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, has joined Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) and 13 other Senate Republican colleagues in introducing a resolution that will ensure the president does not cede U.S. sovereignty to entities like the World Health Organization (WHO) by ratifying international pandemic agreements without Senate approval. "The WHO is alarming  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, has joined Senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and Mike Crapo (R-ID), along with other Senate Republican colleagues, in introducing the Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act, which will block future progressive political efforts that would force the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to snoop on the private information of American   more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release: Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) and Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Chairman Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) released the following statement on the long-awaited release of the Biden administration's National Cybersecurity Strategy. "The Biden Administration has been promising a new National Cybersecurity  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.J.Res. 30, which would nullify a Biden administration rule that allows retirement plan investment managers to make investment decisions based on political factors instead of solely on the financial benefits to the plan and participants. Rep. Burchett is an original cosponsor of this resolution. "Folks want their retirement investment managers to make decision  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 1, 2023: Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03) released the following statement announcing that he has joined the United States House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Congressman Fleischmann will serve on the Energy Subcommittee that has jurisdiction over energy research and development, commercial application of energy technology, Department of Energy laboratories, and more. In  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is continuing his push to strengthen American energy security and attract new economic investment to Georgia and the Southeast. Today, Sens. Ossoff and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) led a bipartisan group of Southeastern U.S. Senators from Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee in support of the Southeast Hydrogen Hub coalition. In November, following Sen.   more