WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Yesterday,U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) questioned Lieutenant General Steven Nordhaus and Vice Admiral Alvin Holsey in a Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing on their pending nominations. Senator Tuberville asked the nominees about recruitment numbers in the National Guard, the strategic importance of the Panama Canal, and the use of Saildrones in the Caribbean. Read Senator Tuberville  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas admonishing him for abusing immigration laws to permanently change the landscape of the United States. In the letter, Tuberville expresses his grave concerns about the unprecedented amount of foreign nationals flooding into rural communities, putting Americans' lives and property at risk.   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Senators Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) with 15 of their Senate colleagues wrote Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas calling on them to end the Biden-Harris Administration's parole program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV), due to reports of widespread fraud and abuse, and because the program is unlawful. The letter outl  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) joined Senators Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) in introducing a bipartisan resolution to designate September 2024 as National Literacy Month. The resolution passed the Senate by unanimous consent this week. Reading proficiency by third grade is one of the most important predictors of whether a student will graduate high school and succeed in a career, according to   more