WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. Mike Thompson, D-California, issued the following news release: Chairman of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) released the following statement after the tragic mass shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee that took the lives of three children and three adults. "Congress has the power to help save lives and reduce gun violence," said Thompson. "The shooting in Nashville is an horrific tragedy that is going to lea  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on March 31, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following statement on the indictment of President Donald Trump. "Once again, we see two tiers of justice at work. "There is no limit to what the left will do to bring down President Trump, and today's indictment is nothing but a cynical, Soros-backed play to take down a 2024 candidate and former President. "It is a gross abu  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 29, 2023: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) today introduced a resolution honoring the memories of the victims who were killed in the March 27 shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville and expressing gratitude to the brave first responders who acted quickly. "My heart is broken over the unspeakable evil that occurred Monday at The Covenant School in Nashvi  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) will be introducing the Securing Aid for Every (SAFE) School Act. The SAFE School Act establishes a $900 million grant program that will allow both public and private schools to train and hire veterans and former law enforcement officers to serve as school safety officers, hire off duty law enforcement officers, and provide funding to  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 30, 2023: U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) voted in favor of H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act. This bill would boost U.S. energy production by eliminating unnecessary climate regulations that negatively impact energy producers. "The U.S. went from being energy dominant to energy reliant. That's not a spot we need to be in, and this bill would deliver some much-needed relief to the har  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Chairman of the Energy and Water Subcommittee of Appropriations, released the following statement after the passage of H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act "Since day one of President Biden's Administration, there has been an unrelenting war on American-made energy that has crippled our economy, exacerbated inflation, and left households and families payi  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), the Ranking Member of the Aviation Subcommittee, today questioned expert witnesses at a hearing on "Harnessing the Evolution of Flight to Deliver for the American People." The hearing was the fourth in a series reviewing the reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). In his opening statement, Congressman Cohen noted that Memphis-based FedEx, the Universi  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 29 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 28, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Shelby County homelessness programs will receive $6,832,309 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care Competition Awards Program. The state of Tennessee will receive $27,094,890 under the program which is providing $2.8 billion nationwide, according to an announcement today by HUD Secretary Ma  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 30, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the State of Tennessee's Department of Environment and Conservation will be receiving $8.6 million to reclaim abandoned coal mines through the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement. The funding, largely for mine cleanups in Eastern and Middle Tennessee, was authorized by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 29 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on March 28, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a $682,433 grant from the National Cancer Institute for a project titled "Sustainability determinants of an intervention to identify clinical deterioration and improve childhood cancer survival in low-resource hospitals." Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "St  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, issued the following statement on March 28, 2023: * * * "On Monday, a homicidal maniac walked into the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee and butchered six people, three were children the age of nine. The victims were identified as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, William Kinney, Cynthia Peak, Katherine Koonce, and Mike Hill. Emily and I offer our deepest condolences and prayers to the victims and their families. The Bible offers us com  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Delia Ramirez (IL-03) released the following statement after the school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee at Covenant School, that left six victims dead, including three children and three school staff: "The news of the school shooting at Covenant School in Nashville is everyone's worst nightmare," said Congresswoman Delia Ramirez (IL-03). "The difference with a nightmare is you can wake up   more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on March 29, 2023: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the Cellphone Jamming Reform Act, legislation to prevent contraband cellphone use in federal and state prison facilities by allowing state and federal prisons to use cell phone jamming systems. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Mike Braun (R-Indiana), Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee), John Kennedy (R-Louisiana), and James Lankford (R-Okla  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release on March 29, 2023: U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Mike Lee (R-Utah), John Kennedy (R-Louisiana), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), and Steve Daines (R-Montana) today introduced Ending the Notorious, Aggressive, and Remorseless Criminal Organizations and Syndicates (NARCOS) Act. The Ending the NARCOS legislation would designate the following Mexican cartels   more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 28, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, today in a hearing delivered remarks mourning the victims and families of the Covenant School shooting and honoring the brave law enforcement officers of the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department for their heroic actions. Hagerty also recei  more

NEW YORK, New York, March 28 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, joined The Journal Editorial Report on Fox News this weekend to discuss the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. Partial Transcript Hagerty on Federal Reserve interest rate hikes: "If you'd asked me two weeks ago when I had [Federal Reserve] Chair [Jay] Powell before me in [the Senate Banking] Committee, I would've   more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 29, 2023: United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today introduced a resolution honoring the memories of the victims who were killed in the March 27 shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville and expressing gratitude to the brave first responders who acted quickly. "This week, the Covenant School community, the city of Nashville, and our home state of Tennessee su  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release and letter on March 29, 2023: Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas calling for an investigation into the deadly massacre that occurred at The Covenant School yesterday as a federal hate crime. "Yesterday the nation witnessed the vicious murder of   more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 30, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, and Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02), the Commission's Chairman, today reintroduced a resolution calling for the removal of Russia from the U.N. Security Council. The leaders of what is also known as the Helsinki Commission referred to Russia's ongoing and unjustified aggression in Uk  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release: The House Committee on Homeland Security's Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability, led by Chairman Dan Bishop (R-NC), held a hearing to examine the worsening crisis at our Northern border, in which they heard testimony from Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA), Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY), Pete Stauber (R-MN), President of  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following commentary on the Washington Examiner, on March 30, 2023: * * * This week, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) penned an op-ed in the Washington Examiner on the unprecedented crisis at our Southwest Border orchestrated by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' refusal to enforce our nation's laws and the House Re  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. David Kustoff, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 28, 2023: Congressmen David Kustoff (R-TN) and Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) today introduced the Investing in Our Communities Act in the House of Representatives. This bipartisan legislation will restore tax-exempt advance refunding for municipal bonds so state and local governments can more efficiently invest in projects throughout their communities. "It is crucial that every state and local gove  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after a gunwoman shot and killed three students and three staff members at a Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee: "It is devastating to once again hear of the lives of innocent children and staff members being lost at a school to senseless gun violence," said Larson. "In Connecticut, we know all too well the pain these shootings inflic  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn) spoke on Wednesday at a U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing with former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz. Murphy grilled Schultz on Starbucks' egregious record of violating federal labor laws. Murphy asked: "[W]hen I do a search online to take a look at cases that have been brought against Starbucks for illegal firings, as you know,   more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 29, 2023: Rep. Mark Green honored The Covenant School community on the House floor. Rep. Green's remarks as delivered: "Madam Speaker, I come to the House floor today with a heavy, grieving heart for my home State of Tennessee. No one should ever have to endure what The Covenant School community has gone through. "I know that my colleagues here today understand how difficult this situation is, an  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on March 31, 2023: * * * Rep. Mark Green released the following statement following his vote in favor of H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act: "Dependence upon energy production outside of the U.S. is reckless. It is energy independence that will continue to secure American independence. That's why I support H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act. This legislation will help secure our critical energy supply chains,   more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 31, 2023: Tonight, Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger released a statement on the indictment of President Donald J. Trump. "The continued political persecution of President Trump has nothing to do with justice, and everything to do with political motivation," said Congresswoman Harshbarger. "Soros-backed DA Alvin Bragg's indictment is just another example of just how corrupt our justice system   more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. David Kustoff, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 29, 2023: Congressman David Kustoff (R-TN) and Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) today introduced the Cellphone Jamming Reform Act. This bill will prevent contraband cellphone use in federal and state prison facilities by allowing state and federal prisons to use cellphone jamming systems to protect inmates, guards, and the public at large. "Ending the outrageous use of contraband cellphones in jails an  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Andy Ogles (TN-05) introduced legislation to honor Metropolitan Nashville Police Department Officers Rex Engelbert and Michael Collazo with a Congressional Gold Medal for their heroic efforts during the heartbreaking shooting at the Covenant School on March, 27th, 2023. "The community of the Covenant School in Nashville will never be the same. The losses of Hallie Scruggs, Evelyn Dieckhaus, Wil  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter: * * * Congressman Andy Ogles (TN-05) issued the following statement: "In the wake of the Covenant School shooting, there has been a movement by radical Leftists to victimize and legitimize the actions of the shooter because she identified as transgender. Make no mistake-she was a domestic terrorist who sought to kill and destroy," said Congressman Ogles. "This type of targeted, brutal assault o  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on March 27, 2023: * * * Congressman Andy Ogles (TN-05) issued the following statement: "My family and I are devastated by the tragedy that took place at The Covenant School in Nashville this morning. We are sending our thoughts and prayers to the families of those lost. As a father of three, I am utterly heartbroken by this senseless act of violence. I am closely monitoring the situation and working with l  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on March 28, 2023: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered an opening statement during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing entitled "Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security," featuring testimony from Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. During his remark  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release: Tomorrow, March 28, 2023 at 10:00 am ET, House Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Chairman Dan Bishop (R-NC) will hold a hearing to examine the worsening crisis at our Northern border, which has been exacerbated by the diversion of limited, critical resources from the Northern border to address the B  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) spoke on the House floor criticizing Congressional inaction to prevent school shootings. Trahan, the mother of 8 and 12-year-old daughters, delivered the floor speech just 48 hours after three 9-year-old children and three faculty members were murdered in a school shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee. "I have to go home tomorrow and loo my 8-year-ol  more