WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Below is a joint statement from Senators Marsha Blackburn and Richard Blumenthal on the U.S. Surgeon General's call for social media platforms to display mental health warnings: "We are pleased that the Surgeon General -- America's top doctor -- continues to bring attention to the harmful impact that social media has on our children. The time to hold a vote and pass the filibuster proof bipartisan Kid  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray demanding a full accounting of the eight Tajikistani nationals who were allegedly released by the Biden administration and subsequently arrested by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last week for all  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: On the Senate Floor, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) recapped her recent visit to Normandy, France, where she honored World War II veterans and Tennesseans on the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landing. Click here to download the speech. REMARKS AS PREPARED: Brave Men Embarked on a Mission to Defend the Free World "Eighty years ago this month, America and our allies embarked on a mission tha  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) sent a letter to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Patrick Lechleitner requesting information on the agency's failure to name Alan Jacob Mogollon-Anaya on the ICE "Most Wanted" list. In 2017, Mogollon-Anaya, a Mexican national, was charged with vehicular homicide by intoxication, three counts of aggravated child abuse a  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) sent a letter to President Joe Biden pressuring him to reverse his unconstitutional 'Parole in Place' policy, which would grant legal status to hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants whose spouses are United States citizens. Biden Plans to Make Hundreds of Thousands of Illegal Immigrants Legal "I write today to express my deep concern regarding the constitution  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: On June 7, Senators Blackburn and Hassan urged UnitedHealth Group to quickly assume responsibility and begin cyber breach notifications by June 21 for patient data that was exposed in the February ransomware attack on Change Healthcare. Below is a statement from a Blackburn spokesperson in response to UHG's recent announcement that it would begin breach notifications. "We are pleased that patients and  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) introduced legislation to reduce the salary of Setareh Sieg, Special Assistant to the Director of Programming at Voice of America, to $1. Rep. Burchett submitted this amendment due to her misuse of funds and the fact she lied on her resume. This legislation was introduced as an amendment to the FY 2025 State and Foreign Operations (SFOPS) appropriations bill  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the City of Memphis will receive Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding of $1,374,457 for debris removal after the severe storms of July 18-21 last year that resulted in downed trees and other damage. The funding represents the 75 percent federal cost share of the debris removal and disposal effort. Congressman Cohen sought a disaster declarati  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Memphis and Assistant Professor of Computer Science Xiaolei Huang will receive a grant of $50,000 to develop an advanced artificial intelligence system for the diagnosis and management of headache disorders. Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "I congratulate the University and Professor Huang for this prestigious National   more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), Katie Britt (R-Alabama), James Risch (R-Idaho), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and John Thune (R-South Dakota) sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting the U.S. Department of Justice's position on the International Criminal Co  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on June 21, 2024: Today, the House Committee on Homeland Security issued the following release after multiple reports that 12-year-old Houston-area resident Jocelyn Nungaray was murdered by two Venezuelan nationals who had recently entered the United States illegally and were released into the interior--one of them barely three weeks ago. One reportedly even   more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on June 21, 2024: Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) announced a hearing for Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at 10:00 AM ET, to examine the nation's cybersecurity workforce shortage, solutions to grow the workforce, and help the United States maintain an edge in the cyber domain: "There are more than 500,000 vacant cybers  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following statement on June 20, 2024: This evening, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) released the following statement after the release of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) border encounter numbers for May 2024: "May's numbers show that President Biden and impeached Secretary Mayorkas' border crisis is never going to end as long as they  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following statement on June 20, 2024: * * * Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) issued the following statement after the release of new documents regarding the Biden administration's unlawful mass-parole program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV). These documents, obtained by the Center for Immigration Studies as par  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on June 17, 2024: Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) released a statement following a new report from Fox News' Bill Melugin showing that the number of illegal aliens on Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Non-Detained Docket (NDD) increased by more than one million just since the start of Fiscal Year (FY) 20  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD released the following statement after the Biden administration announced a new executive order (EO) that would effectively grant mass amnesty to, at minimum, hundreds of thousands of inadmissible aliens: "President Biden's election-year, eleventh-hour ploy for mass amnesty is not su  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: This week, House Committee on Homeland Security Chair Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) and House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) urged the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Energy (DOE) to declassify certain information pertaining to the national security threats posed by unmanned aerial  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on June 17, 2024: Last week, the House Committee on Homeland Security, led by Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN), held a hearing to examine Microsoft's security culture in the wake of the Cyber Safety Review Board's (CSRB) report on the Microsoft Online Exchange 2023 cyber intrusion by Storm-0558, a threat actor affiliated with the People's Republic of China (  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on June 21, 2024: This week, House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Chairman August Pfluger (R-TX) announced a hearing for Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at 2:00 PM ET, to examine the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A). The hearing will feature witness testimony fro  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) yesterday joined Kudlow on Fox Business to discuss the Biden Administration's Executive Order to expand parole in place and the consequences of President Joe Biden's wide-open southern border. *Click the photo above or here to watch* Partial Transcript Hagerty on Biden's Mass Amnesty Executive Order: "You know, this is a topic that Biden continues to focus on. H  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) yesterday joined Rob Schmitt Tonight on Newsmax to discuss the crisis created by the Biden Administration at the southern border and the security threats it has created in the U.S., Senate conservatives' plan to block pro-lawfare Biden nominees, and the political prosecution of President Donald Trump. *Click the photo above or here to watch* Partial Transcript H  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - Today, Rep. Mark Green announced important details regarding this year's service academy nomination process. Members of Congress may nominate candidates for appointment to four of the five U.S. service academies: U.S. Military Academy (USMA), West Point, NY; the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA), Annapolis, MD; the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA), Colorado Springs, CO; and the U.S. Merchant Mar  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Today, five FY25 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) amendments offered by Rep. Mark Green passed the House. Of his amendment that shifts Mexico from the area of responsibility of the United States Northern Command to the United States Southern Command, Rep. Green said, "SOUTHCOM has played a pivotal role in drug interdiction efforts through its detection and monitoring activities. It is the most e  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. David Kustoff, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on June 21, 2024: This week, Congressman David Kustoff (R-TN) hosted roundtable discussions in Hardin County, Shelby County, and Madison County, with local certified public accountants (CPA), area chamber of commerce members, financial planners, and economic development leaders. At the roundtables, Congressman Kustoff discussed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) provisions that are set to expire in 2  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. David Kustoff, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman David Kustoff (R-TN) recently traveled to Normandy and Paris to mark the 80th Anniversary of D-Day and honor our greatest generation. "It was an honor to visit Normandy and Paris to pay tribute to the brave members of the Allied forces who fought to liberate Europe from tyranny 80 years ago," said Congressman Kustoff. "Because of the courage and sacrifice of the greatest generation, freedom  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Today, on the 56th anniversary of Captain Larry Taylor's heroic acts in the Vietnam War, Rep. Mark Green stated: "Warriors like Captain Larry Taylor make us all proud to be Americans--and grateful for what our men and women in uniform have done to keep us safe and preserve our freedom. Captain Taylor's decision to save his fellow soldiers is what putting on the uniform is all about. Captain Taylor embodied  more