WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), co-chair of the Senate Rural Health Caucus, will introduce her Rural Health Agenda for the 118th Congress, aimed at addressing health care challenges in rural America to maintain quality care close to home. The Rural Health Agenda includes three separate bipartisan bills: the Rural Health Innovation Act, the Rural America Health Corps Act, and the Save Rural Ho  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) led 7 of her colleagues in a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas requesting that the Department withdraw a proposal that would raise fees for farmers and small businesses who sponsor foreign national workers. The proposal would also add a $600 fee to pay for President Biden's broken asylum program. Blackburn w  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) launched a bipartisan push to sound the alarm with the Department of Veterans' Affairs on the challenges veterans face when seeking mammogram services, key medical examinations that help detect early signs of breast cancer. Senators Blackburn, Ossoff and Lummis, along with Senators Mazie Hirono (D-Haw  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) led Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland on what, if any, legal action the Department of Justice (DOJ) has pursued against the Chinese Communist Party for its role in the origin and attempt to cover up the COVID-19 pan  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), joined by Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Rev. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), reintroduced the Save Rural Hospitals Act - legislation to help curb the trend of hospital closures in rural communities by making sure hospitals are fairly reimburs  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 14, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced a Fire Prevention & Safety Grant Award through the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) to the City of Memphis for $171,761. This program supports projects that enhance the safety of the public and firefighters from fire and related hazards. Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "This is a welcomed and timely inves  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on March 16, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a grant of $174,960 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a projected entitled "CRII: III: Metadata-guided Imbalance-Modeling for Robust Computational Healthcare" under the direction of Department of Computer Science Assistant Professor Xiaolei Huang. Congressman Cohen made the follow  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota), Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi), Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) and Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas requesting that the Department withdraw a proposal that would raise fees  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release on March 16, 2023: U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today introduced the Respect for the Second Amendment Act. The legislation is cosponsored U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), John Kennedy (R-Louisiana), Thom Tillis (R  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following opening statement on March 17, 2023: * * * United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, yesterday served as Ranking Member at a hearing on foreign service and State Department nominations before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where he delivered opening remarks and questioned the nominees on countering Communist China's malig  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 15, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Appropriations Committees, today joined America Reports on Fox News to discuss the Russian fighter jet that clipped a U.S military drone, causing it to crash, and President Biden's unserious defense budget that fails to adequately enable us to combat Communist China. Partial Transcript Hagerty on th  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 15 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 14, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today joined Fox and Friends on Fox News to discuss the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. Partial Transcript Hagerty on the failure of oversight from the San Francisco Fed and Silicon Valley Bank: "There's massive frustration here about what's happening, but let me be clear: what did happ  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 14, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, yesterday joined Sound ON on Bloomberg Radioto discuss the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. Partial Transcript Hagerty on what he learned from a briefing by the Treasury Department and FDIC: "I just got off the phone with officials from Treasury [Department] and the [Federal Deposit Insurance Corporati  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter on March 16, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today sent a letter to Tyler Smith, Acting Inspector General of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), imploring him to investigate the failure to find a buyer of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) after it was taken into receivership. "In light of recent reports, I write today to urge that  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) have introduced a bipartisan Senate resolution reaffirming the United States' recognition of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh as an integral part of the Republic of India. The resolution comes following the biggest clash between the Republic of India and the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the Eastern Sector along the Line of Act  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- 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), along with Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Roger Wicker (R-MS), in reintroducing a resolution on U.S.-Mexico relations. "It's critical for the United States and Mexico to have a strong, transparent, and reciprocal partnership for the s  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 16, 2023, and letter: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined Senators Rick Scott (R-FL), Mike Braun (R-IN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Marco Rubio (R-FL) in sending a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland on what, if any, legal action the Department of Justice (DOJ) has pursued against the Chinese Communis  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on March 16, 2023: This week, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) led a Full Committee field hearing in Pharr, Texas, outlining how the crisis at the Southwest border was designed by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' refusal to enforce the laws of our country. In the hearing, the Members he  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on March 16, 2023: This week, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) led a listening session with Members in Pharr, Texas, featuring local ranchers, sheriffs, state law enforcement officials, a Task Force Commander from the local High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas program, and the families of U.S. Border Patrol agents. At t  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release: House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) delivered the following opening remarks for a Full Committee field hearing in McAllen, Texas, outlining how the crisis at the Southwest border is a direct result of Secretary Mayorkas' failure to enforce the laws of our country. Good morning, and welcome to the Committee on Homeland Sec  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on March 17, 2023: House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) today joined Fox News' America's Newsroom to discuss this week's bombshell border hearing in Pharr, Texas. In the hearing, U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz confirmed for Homeland Security Republicans that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayo  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. David Kustoff, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman David Kustoff (TN-08) and Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger (VA-07), today reintroduced the bipartisan Criminalizing Abused Substance Templates (CAST) Act. The CAST Act modifies the Controlled Substances Act to define the criminal penalty for making counterfeit drugs using a pill press. Current law prohibits this practice but does not define the penalty. The CAST Act will make possession of a  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 14, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), ranking member of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development, delivered opening remarks at a hearing on efforts by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to "localize" the delivery of U.S. foreign assistance in friendly and  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota), Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi), Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) and Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas requesting that the Department withdraw a proposal that would raise fee  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on March 16, 2023: U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today introduced the Respect for the Second Amendment Act. The legislation is cosponsored U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), Tom Cotton (R-Ark  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter on March 14, 2023: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today sent a letter to Pinterest CEO Bill Ready requesting answers on the company's practices for identifying and removing sexually suggestive content that is harmful to young users. The letter follows a recent NBC News report that highlighted how pedophiles are using Pinterest to entice and target   more