WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) will introduce the Stopping the Abuse, Victimization, and Exploitation of Girls ("SAVE Girls") Act, which provides states, local governments, and non-profits with the vital resources they need to put an end to the trafficking of young women and girls. Specifically, the bipartisan legisl  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, April 14 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on April 12, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a grant of $391,858 from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Collaborative Research: Costs and Trade-offs of Phenotypically Flexible Responses to Winter Temperature Variability in Birds." The research is under the direction of College of Health Sciences Assistant Prof  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, April 13 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on April 12, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), who served in the state legislature for 24 years before being elected to Congress in 2006, today attended the Shelby County Commission Special Meeting called to reinstate State Representative Justin J. Pearson, and made the following statement: "I am pleased to see the swift reversal of the questionably legal and immoral vote to remove an upsta  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, April 14 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter on April 13, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Representative from Memphis and a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland asking for a Department of Justice review of the expulsion of Tennessee state Representatives Justin Jones and Justin J. Pearson, and a failed vote to expel Representative Gloria Johnson. The letter reads in part  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colorado, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Jason Crow (CO-06), Army veteran and Co-Chair of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, released this statement following reports that two lawmakers were expelled from the Tennessee House of Representatives for exercising their right to protest following the tragic Nashville school shooting that took the lives of three nine-year-olds and three school administrators. * * * In a statement, Co  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter on April 11, 2023: Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Joe Wilson (SC-02), the Ranking Member and Chairman of the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, today wrote to Secretary of State Antony Blinken seeking the State Department's assistance in freeing Washington Post journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza, currently unlawfully detained in Russia by the Putin regime. The letter reads in  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, April 12 -- Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03) introduced H.R. 2491, the Securing Aid for Every (SAFE) School Act. The SAFE School Act establishes a $900 million grant program that will allow 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 fund  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 11 -- 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, led his colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the State Department to immediately cease funding the Movement for Quality Government (MQG) and all other partisan organizations in Israel, which undermines one of the strongest U.S. allies and interferes in t  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on April 14, 2023: Staff from the office of U.S. Representative Diana Harshbarger (TN-01) visited Baileyton Elementary School in Greeneville to deliver book donations. "The U.S. Library of Congress Surplus Books Program is a blessing for schools throughout East Tennessee. The communication from Baileyton's teachers and librarian Melissa Laws to my office on how the Library's Surplus Program can best   more

GREENEVILLE, Tennessee, April 15 -- Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on April 14, 2023: The staff of U.S. Representative Diana Harshbarger (TN-01) visited Bulls Gap School to deliver donated books from the Library of Congress and learn about the school's "Free Little Library" and "Reading Buddies" program on behalf of the Congresswoman. "The U.S. Library of Congress Surplus Books Program is a blessing for schools throughout East Tennessee, including Bulls   more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- 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) announced a full committee hearing next week to examine the Biden administration's Fiscal Year 2024 budget proposal for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which will include testimony from DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. "In its woefully inadequate budget request, the Biden ad  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- 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), Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Chairman Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security Chairman Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), and Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Chairman Dan Bishop (R-NC) sent a letter to  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) is spearheading new bipartisan legislation to reduce the smuggling and trafficking of girls and young women, which is particularly a problem at the U.S.-Mexico border. The SAVE Girls Act is co-sponsored by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.). New bill targeting the smuggling of girls earns bipartisan support, as Con  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-California, issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) and Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) introduced a resolution condemning the expulsion of Rep. Justin Jones and Rep. Justin Pearson from the Tennessee Legislature. On April 7th, Tennessee Republicans moved to expel both Rep. Jones and Rep. Pearson, two Black men, while keeping Rep. Gloria Johnson, a white woman, in her seat. With this re  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined Senator Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Senate colleagues in sending a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) urging the department to investigate the expulsions of Representatives Justin Jones and Justin Pearson from the Tennessee General Assembly to determine whether any violations of the Un  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) are calling on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the expulsions of Representatives Justin Jones and Justin Pearson from the Tennessee House of Representatives to determine whether any violations of the United States Constitution or federal civ  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on April 14, 2023: Rep. Mark Green re-introduced his China Technology Transfer Control Act in the 118th Congress. The bill stops China's military from acquiring sensitive U.S. technology and intellectual property through export controls. Green said, "Thirty-four years ago, the CCP massacred peaceful protestors in Tiananmen Square. Since this horrific event, the CCP has used its advanced technology to erase its  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and 3 colleagues pressured the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the expulsions of Representatives Justin Jones and Justin Pearson from the Tennessee General Assembly to determine whether any violations of the United States Constitution or federal civil rights laws occurred, and to take   more