WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) introduced the Safer Prisons Act to double the maximum term of imprisonment for assaulting a Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) correctional officer. "Federal prisons have become increasingly unsafe for the brave men and women who serve as federal corrections officers. Incidents of inmates assaulting BOP officers have been on the rise and often result in PTSD for t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) joined Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and her Republicans colleagues of the Senate Judiciary Committee in demanding answers on how Venezuelan national, Jose Antonio Ibarra, was granted parole into the United States. By law, immigration parole is only to be granted at the discretion of the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on a case-by-case basis, i  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: MEMPHIS - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that Christ Community Health Services Inc. will receive a grant of $3,354,237 from the U.S. 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 medical care necessities o  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today announced the $7,294,019 allocated for the Memphis-based tri-state region from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The funding is the result of investments authorized by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) that only Congressman Cohen among current members of the Tennessee Congression  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Aviation Subcommittee, today attended the White House announcement of a U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) proposed rule with DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Assistant to the President and White House Office of Public Engagement Director Stephen Benjamin, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth, and advocates for people with disabilities, aviation workers, a  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) received the only "A" on the National Parks Action Fund Congressional Scorecard for the first half of the 118th Congress among members of Tennessee's Congressional delegation based on his voting record, the fund announced today. Seven of the eight other House members from Tennessee received "F" scores, the fund reported.  Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "I a  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, today spoke from the House floor urging his colleague to support the aid package to Ukraine already passed by the U.S. Senate. In his remarks, Congressman Cohen said in part: "This House is in danger of helping Vladimir Putin take over Ukraine and attack other countries in Europe. We have supported   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Aviation Subcommittee, today spoke from the House floor in favor of another short-term extension of Federal Aviation Administration programs and authorities. However, he also noted that continued short-term extensions of the FAA's existing authorities postpones implementation of carefully drafted legislation intended to address a host of aviation pri  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today voted once again for a continuing budget resolution before the looming March 1 deadline for a partial federal government shutdown so that negotiators can finalize full-year spending bills through September 30. The vote on passage was 320 to 99. After the vote, Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "This is the fourth short-term budget extension necessitated   more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. David Kustoff, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Reps. David Kustoff (R-TN) and Ronny Jackson (R-TX) recently introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives to condemn the recent Order from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that wrongfully imposed provisional measures against the State of Israel for defending herself after the abhorrent October 7th attack by Hamas. Specifically, the resolution condemns the provisional measures order by   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), along with Senators Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi), Ted Budd (R-North Carolina), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee), Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), Rick Scott (R-Florida), Katie Britt (R-Alabama), and Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska), today sent a letter to President Biden urging him to rescind his February 1 executive order and February 8 memo that are intended to undermine Isra  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: The Biden Administration refuses to redesignate the Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization after dozens of attacks on American military and cannot guarantee that American taxpayer dollars are not funding Houthi terrorism WASHINGTON--United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, today calle  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today led his colleagues in introducing the Protect Our Communities From DUIs Act,legislation to both prevent illegal immigrants who have committed DUI from entering the U.S. and to automatically deport illegal immigrants who commit DUI within the United States. Representative Barry Moore (R-AL-02) introduced companion legislation (H.R.6976) in the U.S. House of Re  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON--United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today joined Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), along with Senators Rick Scott (R-FL), Ted Budd (R-NC), and Mike Braun (R-IN), in introducing the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Anti-Surveillance State Act, legislation to halt efforts by the Biden Administration to issue a central bank digital currency. "From Opera  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- 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 Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), James Lankford (R-OK), Mike Lee (R-UT), Tim Scott (R-SC), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Rick Scott (R-FL), in sending a letter to President Joe Biden expressing concerns over the Administration's m  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) issued the following statement in advance of President Joe Biden's visit to Brownsville, Texas: "President Biden's choice to visit one of the slowest sectors of our Southwest border makes it abundantly clear that he cares far more about optics than actually addre  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking and Appropriations Committees, today joined Balance of Power on BloombergTV to discuss Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mitchell (R-KY) stepping down from his leadership position, the broken appropriations process Senate Democrats are weaponizing against Republicans, the supplemental funding bill that fails to secure the southern border,  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today joined Cavuto: Coast to Coast on Fox Business to discuss the broken appropriations process Senate Democrats are weaponizing against Republicans and President Biden finally pretending to care about the border crisis his policies created. Partial Transcript: * Hagerty on Schumer calling Republicans 'chaos age  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: MEMPHIS - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) will host a Federal Procurement Fair on Tuesday, February 27, to help local entrepreneurs navigate contracting with federal government agencies. What: A Federal Procurement Fair with federal government contractors When: Tuesday, February 27, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Where: The FedEx Institute of Technology, The University of Memphis, 365 Fogelman Drive, Memphis 38152   more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, March 2 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) introduced two bills related to congressional ethics as part of a concerted effort to improve accountability for members of Congress. The first bill, H.R. 7484, would require members of Congress who are foreign nationals to file a statement of their status as a foreign national, and for other purposes. * This bill would require newly elected Members to   more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Feb. 29, 2024: * * * U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), released the following statement about President Joe Biden's photo-op at the southern border in Brownsville, Texas. From 2019-2023, Congressman Fleischmann served as the top Republican on the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee and regularly fought against President Biden's disastrous open border policies. "Today, Pre  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) spoke on the House Floor Wednesday, a day before Leap Day, to highlight the economic policies of the Biden Administration.  The full remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: Mister Speaker, tomorrow is Leap Day, which means the folks I represent in Tennessee will be subject to an extra day of the disastrous economic policies of the Biden Administration that have   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) criticized the Biden Administration following a series of policy changes and executive actions aimed at forgiving federal student loan debt.  The full remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: Mister Speaker, we recently learned that the Department of Education would be shifting another $1.2 billion in student loan debt from borrowers to the taxpayers. This is yet   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) took to the House Floor Wednesday to highlight a series of violent crimes involving suspects who are in the country illegally. Rep. Rose also urged the Biden Administration to take immediate executive action at the southern border.  The full remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: Mister Speaker, last week, our country lost an innocent soul to the horrors of ille  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: On Thursday, U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) criticized the Biden Administration's recent efforts to erase student loan debt from select borrowers. The full remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: Mister Speaker, last summer, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled against President Biden's student loan handout plan, totaling more than $400 billion. The high court determined that taking on   more