WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) introduced the Make the Migrant Protection Protocols Mandatory Act to reinstate the Migrant Protection Protocols, also known as the Remain in Mexico program. As Title 42 is set to expire this Thursday, this legislation will require illegal immigrants seeking asylum at the southern border or without proper documentation to return to Mexico to await   more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) today introduced the Stopping Home Office Work's Unproductive Problems (SHOW UP) Act, which would require all executive agencies to return to remote work policies practiced prior to the COVID-19 public health emergency. It would also require the Office of Personnel Management to certify that any expanded telework policies will positively affect the  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following statement ahead of the end of Title 42, the pandemic-era rule that allowed agents to turn back migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. "Every town is a border town, and every state is a border state," said Senator Blackburn. "With hours left before the end of Title 42, 40,000 migrants are camped feet away from the Texas state li  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter: Senate Finance Committee Republicans, led by U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), are calling on the U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) to investigate recent allegations of unjust targeting and preferential treatment in high-profile cases by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The senators' request is grounded in two new  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) joined Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) and 41 other Republican Senators in sending a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) in which they expressed a collective commitment to oppose raising the debt ceiling without substantive spending and budget reforms. "The House has taken a responsible first step in coming to the table with their proposa  more

BETHEL SPRINGS, Tennessee, May 10 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on May 9, 2023: Yesterday, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) toured damage in McNairy County, TN from the March 31 tornado that took 9 lives in the county. The visit comes as she and Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) reintroduced the Tornado Observation Research Notification and Deployment to Operations (TORNADO) Act to improve the forecasting and understanding of tornadoes and other ha  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on May 9, 2023: With disability-related complaints regarding air travel up 50 percent in the last year, Representatives Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) and Pete Stauber (R-MN-8) and Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and John Thune (R-SD) introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to improve air travel for passengers with disabilities, notably passengers who use wheelchairs and other mobility aids. The bipartisan Mobilit  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement: * * * Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Steven Horsford (NV-04) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement regarding the Republican-led Tennessee State Legislature's vote to expel two Black Democratic Legislators for protesting gun violence in the wake of the Covenant School shooting. "In the days following the tragic mass shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, in whi  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on May 10, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a $415,516 grant from the National Cancer Institute to study organotropic metastasis of breast cancer under the direction of Chemistry Professor Dr. Xiohua Huang. * * * Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "I am pleased to see the National Cancer Institute support breast cancer researc  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on May 8, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a $479,100 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to conduct therapeutic genome editing research. * * * Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "I am pleased to see one of our premiere National Institutes of Health supporting this advanced medical r  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on May 9, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and its Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee, today applauded the Federal Railroad Administration's funding opportunity for $5.8 million in the Interstate Rail Compacts (IRC) Program created by his Interstate Rail Compacts Advancement Act that became law when the Infrastructu  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on May 10, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today applauded the Biden Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program that has already provided debt relief to 610,000 student borrowers, including at least 58,000 in Tennessee's 9th Congressional District that he represents. The 9th District has an estimated 150,400 borrowers eligible for student debt relief under PSLF, 87,700 of whom applied or were au  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, spoke from the House floor Tuesday evening after returning from a Commission-sponsored fact-finding trip to Ukraine. In his speech, Congressman Cohen said in part: "The Ukrainian people are courageous and show great valor. They have defeated the   more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today offered an amendment to a partisan Republican Congressional resolution to include measures supported by major police organizations aimed at protecting the public and police officers. Congressman Cohen was the legal advisor to the Memphis Police Department early in his career. In explaining his amendment, Congre  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on May 8, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today commemorated Tom Lee Day, recalling the courage and heroism of Mr. Lee, who rescued 32 people from the capsized M.E. Norman on this day in 1925. * * * Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "Tom Lee was an American hero. Although he couldn't swim, he saved the lives of 32 people floundering in the Mississippi River off Memphis as their ship s  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on May 11, 2023: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, today introduced a Constitutional Amendment to limit a President's pardon power. * * * Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "The pardon power is supposed to be a safety valve against injustice. It is not supposed to be a way for presidents to put themselv  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials, today raised the issues of recent derailments, understaffing and the need for additional paid sick leave at a hearing entitled "Getting Back on Track: Exploring Supply Chain Resilience and Challenges." In his questions, Congressman Cohen focuse  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: During the markup of a Congressional resolution recognizing National Police Week, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, remembered the heroism of Memphis Police Officer Geoffrey Redd, killed in the line of duty in February. He also commended the bravery of the police officers who confronted a shooter at the Covenant School in Nashville in March. In his remarks, Congress  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on May 6, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen, the Ranking Member of the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), traveled to Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday to speak with President Volodymyr Zelensky and show his support for Ukraine's war effort. Congressman Cohen was accompanied by Helsinki Commission Chairman Joe Wilson and Member Victoria Spartz, who was born in Ukraine. U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on May 11, 2023: * * * U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03) released the following statement after voting for the Secure the Border Act of 2023. From 2019-2023, Rep. Fleischmann was the Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Subcommittee of Appropriations when Democrats controlled the House of Representatives and refused to secure the border. "Today is a major victory for all Americans. After y  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, today pressed Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray on whether the Biden Administration is impartially investigating the Biden family, and who would decide whether the Administration discloses any evidence of Biden wrongd  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, May 13 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on May 12, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, introduced the Depositor Protection Act of 2023, a bill to address the current stress on the American banking system and restore confidence in our financial sector. "As the past few months have made clear, our banking system is under significant stress from the rapid rise in interest rates due to th  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on May 9, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking and Appropriations Committees, today joined Your World with Neil Cavuto on Fox News to discuss ongoing debt ceiling negotiations. Partial Transcript Hagerty on today's debt ceiling meeting at the White House: "We have a variety of options before us, but I think what needs to happen is what's happening at this very mom  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter on May 10, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and twelve other Senate Republican colleagues today sent a letter to President Joe Biden requesting a full accounting of all federal funding used to implement Executive Order 14019 on "Pro  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: With Title 42 set to expire tonight,United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today joined members of the Senate Republican Conference in a press conference at the U.S. Capitol to discuss the dangerous repercussions of the Biden Administration surrendering one of the last tools available to Border Patrol agents to combat the record-breaking border crisis. Hagerty: "Senator Lankford, thank   more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Rules Committee, yesterday at an oversight hearing questioned Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden, who oversees the U.S. Copyright Office, on protecting the copyrighted material of artists and songwriters as Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to advance rapidly and create novel issues in the music industry. Hagerty note  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 9 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Jim Risch (R-ID), member and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, have introduced the Truncating Onerous Regulations for Partners and Enhancing Deterrence Operations (TORPEDO) Act, legislation to enable cooperation with the United Kingdom and Australia on advanced defense and other controlled technologies and hold the Administratio  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following edited news release: House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) joined House Republican leadership to celebrate the passage of the Secure the Border Act of 2023 (H.R. 2) by the U.S. House of Representatives. Read highlights of his remarks below. "The most conservative, strongest border security bill in the history of Congress. Sometimes conflict  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following joint statement on May 11, 2023, with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, on the passage of the Secure the Border Act (H.R. 2): * * * "After months of meticulous work in our committees and hearing from Border Patrol agents, property owners, business owners and everyday Americans on th  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on May 11, 2023, with Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, and Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, on the passage of the Secure the Border Act (H.R. 2): * * * "After months of meticulous work in our committees and hearing from Border Patrol agents, property owners, business owners and ever  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on May 11, 2023, with Rep. Mark E. Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Utah, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, on the passage of the Secure the Border Act (H.R. 2): * * * "After months of meticulous work in our committees and hearing from Border Patrol agents, property owners, business owners an  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- 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 remarks during a House Committee on Rules hearing considering H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act of 2023. Chairman Cole, Ranking Member McGovern, and Members of the Committee, thank you for this opportunity to testify on H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act of 2023.   more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- 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 remarks on the House floor in support of House Republicans' Secure the Border Act of 2023 (H.R.2), which will be voted on by the House of Representatives tomorrow. I rise in strong support of H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act of 2023. Last year, Republicans made a   more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: Ahead of the end of Title 42 on Thursday at 11:59 PM, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) joined Fox News @ Night, Fox & Friends, and Fox Business' Varney & Co. to discuss the chaos that will follow and House Republicans' solution, the Secure the Border Act (H.R. 2), which will be on the House floor today and  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Ahead of a Subcommittee hearing on port security vulnerabilities, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) and Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security Chairman Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) joined Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) in sending a letter to Department of Ho  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023 : the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) was the architect behind the border security portion of this bill. After marking up the bill for sixteen hours, H.R. 2 advanced out of Committee and to the House Floor, where it successfully passed today. Chairman Green and Tennessee leaders released the followin  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Andy Ogles (TN-05) introduced the Defund the OTF Act of 2023. This legislation would prohibit any federal funding to the Open Technology Fund (OTF). "The Defund the OTF Act is a necessary step in returning fiscal responsibility to our federal government. The Open Technology Fund has happily taken taxpayer dollars while ignoring basic oversight requests," said Congressman Ogles. "As if that isn't  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-9), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Vern Buchanan (FL-16) and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) have introduced the Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act to ban the harmful practice of "soring" horses. The legislation is endorsed by the Humane Society Legislative Fund. "I have been working to end horse soring since before I came to Congress and was pleased to see the PAST Act's pass  more

TAMPA, Florida, May 9 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release on May 8, 2023: Senator Rick Scott held a roundtable in Tampa with Florida sheriffs and school safety leaders to discuss his School Guardian Act. This bill, introduced by Senator Scott following the tragic school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, would create a block grant program administered by the U.S. Department of Justice supporting the hiring of one or more law enforcement officers to provide full-time  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Artificial Intelligence in Government" at 10 a.m. on May 16, 2023, at 562 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Witnesses * RICHARD A. EPPINK Of Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho Foundation * TAKA ARIGA, Chief Data Scientist, U.S. Government Accountability Office * LYNNE E. PARKER, PH.D., Associate Vice Chancellor and Director, AI Tennessee I  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) delivered the following remarks on H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act of 2023: "I rise today in strong support of H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act of 2023. Last year, Republicans made a Commitment to America to secure our borders, protect our nation, and safeguard our communities. Today, House Republicans are delivering on that promise. "No matter where you sit on   more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives John Rose (R-TN), a member of the House Financial Services Committee and former board member of a national bank, released the following statement on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's (FDIC) proposed rule which would implement a special assessment to recover the cost associated with the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank "I want to thank the FDIC for listening to   more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives John Rose (R-TN) and Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), both Members of the House Financial Services Committee, introduced the "CDFI Fund Transparency Act" to require the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund Director to testify annually before the House Financial Services Committee and the Senate Banking Committee. Rep. John Rose released the following statement: "As the late  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today--for the fourth time--sought to pass his "Stop Fentanyl Border Crossings Act," legislation that would add large-scale drug smuggling as an additional basis for Title 42 expedited removal immigration authority, but Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) blocked the legislation, despite that Title 42 is scheduled to expire tomorrow. Hagerty spoke on the   more