WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 22, 2023: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) slammed the Biden administration today for weak leadership that has emboldened dictators like Communist China's President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin to take advantage of the United States. Blackburn's comments come as Xi and Putin meet in Moscow, Russia. Under Biden, Our Adversaries Don't Fear Us "John Kirby is wrong on what [the   more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) introduced the bipartisan Rural America Health Corps Act. This legislation will incentivize more health professionals to serve and plant roots in rural communities. U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) are sponsoring this legislation and Representative Da  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) led 20 of their colleagues in sending a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen condemning the Biden administration's latest attempt to weaponize the tax code against U.S. energy producers. The letter is in response to President Biden's budget request for Fiscal Year 2024. Specifically, the letter focuses on the $100 bil  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) introduced the Rural Health Innovation Act, bipartisan legislation to strengthen access to care. This bill would help rural medical facilities to increase staff, extend hours of operation, acquire additional technology and equipment, and pay for construction costs. Representative David Kustoff (R-Tenn.) introduced companion legis  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) introduced the bipartisan Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act to help law enforcement agencies reduce staffing shortages and effectively protect communities. In Tennessee, law enforcement agencies have experienced staffing shortages. The Knoxville Police Department reported being 10% understaffed in April 2022, and the Nashville Metro Po  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) are introducing a legislative package of two bills that will strengthen our nation's cybersecurity workforce and support the federal response to cyber threats. These bipartisan bills would establish Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve pilot programs within the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to recru  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: Energy and Water Subcommittee Chairman Chuck Fleischmann delivered the following remarks about the Department of Energy's fiscal year 2024 budget request. This was the first meeting of the Energy and Water Subcommittee of the 118th Congress. Chairman Fleischmann and subcommittee members heard testimony from Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm. "The hearing will come to order.   more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), the ranking member of the Aviation Subcommittee, today addressed efforts to improve passenger safety and comfort at a hearing on "Navigating the Comprehensive Passenger Experience." The hearing was the third held this year on the reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Congressman Cohen noted that some progress was made in the 2018 r  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 21 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on March 20, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Shelby County will receive a $1,777,632 for its Ryan White HIV/AIDS programs. * * * Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "The Ryan White programs administered by Shelby County have saved lives and continue to improve health outcomes. This funding is critical to support the health of more than 6,200 people livin  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on March 20, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced today that Christ Community Health Services Inc. will be receiving a grant of $6,708,654 from the Department of Health and Human Services for its ongoing work meeting the needs of the medically underserved. * * * Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "This substantial grant will help Christ Community Health Services meet the medic  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 22, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a grant of $414,779 from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering for a project entitled "Downregulation of neutrophil extracellular traps by fibrous regeneration template design." The project is under the direction of Dr. Gary L. Bowlin, Chairman and Professor in the Univer  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 21 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 20, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will be receiving two significant research grants from the National Institutes of Health. The first, for $756,105, is from the National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for work on "Prenatal Longitudinal Metabolomics Profiling for Early Childhood Growth T  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. David Kustoff, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: Congressman David Kustoff (TN-08) introduced the Rural America Health Corps Act, with Congresswomen Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) and Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), and the Rural Health Innovation Act, with Congresswoman Annie Kuster (D-NH). These two critical pieces of legislation are part of a larger bicameral, bipartisan Rural Health Agenda being introduced with Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN).   more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the Protecting Equal Opportunity from ESG Act, legislation that would require that federal contractors certify that they do not use any racial quotas or have any policies that encourage or require discrimination based on race. Senators Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee), Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), and Rick Scott (R-Florida) are cosponsoring the legisl  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 24, 2023: On the latest episode of Tennessee Talks, Ashley Capps joined Rep. Tim Burchett (TN-02) to talk about Capps founding AC Entertainment, historic Knoxville theaters, and what he expects from this years Big Ears Festival. "Ashley has done so much for the city of Knoxville and the state of Tennessee" said Rep. Burchett. "He's got an incredible resume when it comes to the entertainment s  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 21, 2023: Congressman Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Co-Chairman of the Advanced Nuclear Caucus and Fusion Energy Caucus, helped introduce a bipartisan resolution expressing Congress' commitment to embracing and accepting nuclear power as a clean baseload energy source to achieve a reliable, secure, and green electric grid. "Nuclear power is essential to reach our clean energy goals and secure e  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release on March 21, 2023: U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyoming), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Mark Kelly (D- Arizona) and Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska) today reintroduced the Let Experienced Pilots Fly Act to address airline flight cancellations caused by a shortage of pilots. The legislation: * Raises the mandato  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: Rep. Mark Green gave the following statement during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing titled, "The State of American Diplomacy: Growing Conflicts, Budget Challenges & Great Power Competition." Rep. Green's remarks: "Mr. Secretary, I want to thank you for appearing here. I was encouraged to hear in your testimony that you want to restore Congress' pivotal role in foreign policy pr  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- 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, joined Senators Jeff Merkley (R-OR), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Ben Cardin (D-MD) in introducing the Transnational Repression Policy Act, a bipartisan bill to establish a new U.S. policy to hold foreign governments accountable when they stalk, intimidate, or assault people across borders, including in the United St  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 22, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today in a hearing sounded the alarm to Secretary of State Antony Blinken about the potential connection between China's involvement in the Trend Maya Railway project and the recent seizure by Mexican military troops and civilian authorities of U.S.-based Vulcan Materials' assets in Mexico. "The  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has joined Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) and ten other Senate Republican colleagues in sending a letter to European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell encouraging the EU to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization. "We  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following statement on March 24, 2023: * * * House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) released the following statement regarding an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-connected drone attack on a coalition base in Syria, which killed an American contractor. "The IRGC-supported terror group attack on U.S. forces in Syria is a chilling reminder t  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release: Following reports of possible violations of Americans' civil liberties in a domestic intelligence program run by the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN), Oversight, Accountability, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Dan Bishop (R-NC), and Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Int  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 21 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senator Bill Hagerty's (R-TN) resolution of disapproval to block the DC Council's irresponsible, soft-on-crime Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022 (RCCA) from taking effect, which passed last week in the U.S. Senate by an overwhelming bipartisan margin and is on its way to President Joe Biden's desk, has received broad support from leaders in law enforcement--both in Washington, D.C.  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on March 24, 2023: * * * Rep. Mark Green released the following statement following his vote in favor of H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights Act. "American families have had enough of woke school boards, school administrators, and Washington bureaucrats pushing them out of their children's education. What world do we live in where a parent can be silenced in school board meetings, intimidated by school adminis  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: Rep. Mark Green delivered the following remarks on the House Floor when offering a cyber security amendment to the Parents Bill of Rights Act: Rep. Green's Remarks: "Our nation's critical infrastructure and cybersecurity is increasingly under attack by malicious actors who seek to extort and do harm to the American people. "Hospitals, financial institutions, utilities, and government ag  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 21, 2023: Rep. Mark Green, Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, re-introduced the Bring American Companies Home Act in the 118th Congress. The legislation uses tariff revenues collected on goods from China to provide a tax incentive that offsets moving costs for American companies in order to move their production back to the United States from China. "If the pandemic taught us anythi  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: Congressman Andy Ogles (TN-05) made the following remarks during the House Financial Services' Subcommittee on National Security hearing today: "Overdose deaths in Tennessee have increased 200% In the last five years, most of those involving fentanyl. Referring to the statement from Williamson County Sheriff's Department of Narcotics Officer Fann: Just March 6th of this year, a student a  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today pressed Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the Biden Administration's failure to hold China accountable for its role in the fentanyl crisis that is killing more than 70,000 Americans each year. "How many sanctions have been placed on Chinese individuals or entities that are involved in  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) introduced the bipartisan Women's Suffrage National Monument Location Act to ensure that the Women's Suffrage National Monument is located on the National Mall. In 2020, legislation passed to create the Women's Suffrage National Monument on federal lands in Washington, D.C., but it did not authorize construction of the monument on the  more