WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: EAGLE PASS, TEXAS - Today, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, visited the southern border in Eagle Pass, Texas, amid the sovereignty battle between the Biden administration and the state of Texas over the enforcement of the nation's immigration laws. "After taking office, President Biden issued 94 executive actions in the first 100 days to open up the  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: MEMPHIS - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the Tipton County Board of Education will receive an additional $11,224,734 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for replacement of Crestview Elementary School in Covington destroyed in the storms and tornadoes of March of last year. Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "The storms that devastated Covington last Sprin  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: MEMPHIS - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is investing $17,120,000 for energy efficiency upgrades to housing developments in Covington and Memphis. The owners of Wesley Stage Park in Memphis will receive $5,280,000 and the owners of the Broadmeadow Apartments in Covington will receive $11,840,000. The funding, which is part of   more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: MEMPHIS - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Aviation Subcommittee, today applauded Boeing's decision to overhaul its senior management, including the departure of its chief executive Dave Calhoun at the end of 2024 and its head of Boeing Commercial Airplanes Stan Deal immediately, in the wake of recent serious safety failures. Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "Boeing  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Rick Crawford (AR-01), along with U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Tom Cotton (R-AR), have introduced legislation to create a commemorative coin in remembrance of the greatest maritime disaster in U.S. history - the sinking of the Sultana steamboat off Memphis in 1865. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the coin will help fund the preservation, maintenance, a  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) and Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Chairman Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) released a statement on the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's (CISA) proposed rule for incident reporting required by the Cyber Incident Reporting fo  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 (TNSres) -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Today, the House Committee on Homeland Security released the "Startling Stats" factsheet detailing the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) border encounter numbers for February of Fiscal Year (FY) 2024. Last month marked three years since Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' first month in office and   more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, March 28 -- Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: Earlier this week, on Monday, March 25, Congressman Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), hosted a press conference with Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly and joined by EPB CEO David Wade, UTC Chancellor Steve Angle and officials from the United Way and Chattanooga Police Department to celebrate Chattanooga's community project funding secured by Chairman Fleischmann in the recent federal  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn., (March 28, 2024) - Yesterday, U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) received a letter from President and CEO of the Tennessee Valley AuthorityJeff Lyash informing him that the TVA is delaying the publication of its Integrated Resource Program (IRP). According to Lyash, this delay will provide TVA with additional time for analysis, review, and stakeholder engagement. This letter com  more