WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 18, 2024: Yesterday, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) published an op-ed in National Review documenting the evidence showing how President Biden and now-impeached Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' refusal to secure the border has helped unleashed a new wave of crime across the nation. Biden's Border Crisis Is Also a Crime Crisis (https  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Today, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) delivered the following opening statement in a hearing to examine Iran-backed terror groups and the national security threats posed by the "Axis of Resistance," which includes Hizballah, Hamas, the Houthis, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and various Iraqi and Syrian mil  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following commentary to the National Review on March 17, 2024: * * * Yesterday, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) published an op-ed in National Review documenting the evidence showing how President Biden and now-impeached Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' refusal to secure the border has helped unleashed a new wave of  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) called on the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to declassify information regarding TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance amid national security concerns. "American intelligence and law enforcement officials on a bipartisan basis have repeatedly raised alarms that the Chinese government can use it  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) led her Republican colleagues in a letter to President Biden in opposition to the United States Trade Representative's (USTR) decision to withdraw its support for long-standing U.S. government positions on digital trade, data localization, and source code at the World Trade Organization (WTO). This decision will create uncertainty and directly harm American inno  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) sent a letter to United States Military Academy superintendent, Lt. Gen. Steve Gilland, seeking answers on the Academy's decision to replace "Duty, Honor, Country" with a broader mission statement about "Army Values." 'Duty, Honor Country' Serves As A Reminder That Our Country Is Worth Defending "The mission statement of West Point has long been a beacon of in  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) today introduced the bipartisan Advancing Frequent and Tailored Education to Rebuild Safe Communities and Help Orchestrate Opportunities and Learning (AFTER SCHOOL) Act that would establish a grant program for local communities to establish, maintain, and strengthen after school programs with the goal of reducing violent crim  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) introduced the Keep Violent Criminals Off Our Streets Act to deter policies that prohibit bail and reward criminal acts. The Keep Violent Criminals Off Our Streets Act would prevent any state or local government from receiving federal funds if they have a policy that prohibits the use of cash bail for all offenders or fail to implemen  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Angus King (I-Maine) are urging the American trade representative to fight for American paper and pulp producers in the global market. In a bipartisan letter to United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai, the Senators expressed serious concern about the potential effects of the European Union Deforestation-free Regulation (EUDR) on the forest products  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will provide $3,355,166 for repairs to damage to the Memphis Light, Gas, and Water (MLGW) Division headquarters building and garage sustained by winter storms in February 2021. Congressman Cohen requested federal disaster assistance following the storms, in which the severe winter weather and the accumulat  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced a $611,240 grant to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) to study the regulation of kidney function and blood pressure in aging populations. The funding comes from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "As our population grows older, it is important to unders  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today congratulated U.S. Attorney Kevin G. Ritz on his nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and commended President Biden for naming an "eminently qualified candidate." Congressman Cohen, a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, made the following statement: "I commend President Biden for nominating Kevin Ritz of Memphis for the U.S. Court of Ap  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, and today urged Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Chair Joe Ritch and President Jeffrey Lyash not to move forward with a new 1,500 megawatt gas plant and 122-mile pipeline based on an incomplete and insufficient environmental   more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- 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 (CSCE), and the Commission's Chairman Joe Wilson (SC-2), plan to introduce a resolution Tuesday expressing the sense of Congress that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not be recognized by the United States beyond May 7, 2024. The resolution states that Putin's 2020 elections involving a const  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release: Today, the House Committee on Homeland Security, led by Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN), held a hearing to examine the persistent, malicious, and growing activity by Iranian-backed terrorist groups, such as Hamas, Hizballah, and the Houthis, and the near- and long-term implications for homeland security. In addition, the Committee examined other threats,   more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- 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, today joined Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Tim Kaine (D-VA), along with Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), in introducing the Strengthening Tracking Of Poisonous Tranq Requiring Analyzed National Quantification (STOP TRANQ) Act, bipartisan legislation to add a statutory requirement for the State  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on March 22, 2024: This week, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) and Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Chairman Dan Bishop (R-NC) sent a letter to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), demanding answers on the airport security screening process for inadmissible aliens who have been m  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following statement on March 22, 2024: * * * Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) released the following statement on the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) border encounter numbers for February 2024: "As expected, and even admitted by this administration, the January drop in border crossings was seasonal--even though that 'drop' st  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following statement on March 20, 2024: * * * House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) released the following statement after the United States Supreme Court rejected the Department of Justice's emergency request to block the enforcement of Texas' Senate Bill 4 while litigation over the law continues. The Texas law allows state and local law enforceme  more

NEW YORK, March 19 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Appropriations Committees, today joined Bloomberg Technology live in-studio to discuss the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, as well as the appropriations bills under consideration in Congress this week, and his amendment blocked by Senate Democrats to bar illegal immigrants from be  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. David Kustoff, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 19, 2024: Today, Congressman David Kustoff (R-TN) cosponsored a bipartisan resolution to designate March 19, 2024, as "National Agriculture Day." Led by Reps. Mark Alford (R-MO) and Jim Costa (D-CA), this resolution celebrates the importance of agriculture as one of the most impactful industries in the United States. "I am pleased to join my colleagues in introducing this resolution which design  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Announces plans to file an amendment to appropriations bill barring federal funds from being used to secretly fly illegal aliens into the country United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today spoke on the Senate floor calling out Senate Democrats for siding with illegal aliens over American citizens by voting to count illegal aliens in the allocation of congressional seats and electoral votes to preser  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) will hold a press conference on Tuesday, March 26, to highlight the $1,926,600 in community project funding he secured this year through the appropriations process for the Memphis Police Department. Mayor Paul Young and Police Chief Cerelyn "C.J." Davis will also discuss the crime-fighting initiatives. What: A press conference celebrating $1.9 million in federal community pr  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) reintroduced the Trade-Related Intellectual Property Protection (TRIPP) Act, legislation focused on protecting intellectual property (IP). "It's dangerous and unfair for the United States to simply give adversaries like China access to American intellectual property, but President Biden was eager to do just that during the COVID-19 pandemic," said Rep. Burchett.   more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (March 15, 2024) - Today, U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) wrote a letter to U.S. Capitol Police Chief John Thomas Manger demanding the charges against Steve Nikoui be dropped. Nikoui was arrested during the State of the Union speech on March 7, 2024 when he stood in the gallery and yelled during the speech. "It is a shame your department is still pursuing charges against Mr. Ni  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: (March 22, 2024) - Today, U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) voted against H.Res. 1102, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024. "I voted against a $27 billion increase to our Defense Department that has never passed an audit. I voted against funding transgender surgeries in our military. I voted against a bill that sends $880 million to countries in the Middle East to secure their bord  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Today, Energy and Water Appropriations Chairman Chuck Fleischmann led the hearing for the Department of Energy's (DOE) fiscal year 2025 budget request. In his opening remarks, Chairman Fleischmann highlighted the critical wins from his fiscal year 2024 Energy and Water bill that provided historic levels of funding for American-made domestic nuclear energy and advocated for his prior  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Rep. Green Demands Answers on Firearm Export Pause Today, Rep. Mark Green gave his opening statement in a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing titled, "Countering China on the World Stage: Empowering American Businesses and Denying Chinese Military Our Technology." Rep. Green's remarks as prepared for delivery: The United States of America is still the greatest and most powerfu  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: (March 21, 2024) - On the latest episode of Tennessee Talks, Rep. Greg Steube (FL-17), joins Rep. Tim Burchett (TN-02) to discuss Rep. Steube's near-death experience and how God played an important role that day. "Greg is a friend of mine and he survived a pretty scary accident," said Rep. Burchett. "He's steadfast in his faith so it's pretty cool hearing his story about the accident. The Lord works  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Lawmakers echo EPA concerns over failure to consider data on project cost, climate impacts, and renewable alternatives Letter Text (PDF) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, and Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today urged federally-owned Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Chair Joe Ritch   more