WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: "The Damage Will Never Be Undone:" Chairman Green Opens Hearing on the Biden-Harris Administration's Catastrophic Border Record Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) delivered the following opening statement in a hearing to examine how the policies and actions of the Biden-Harris administration sparked the unprecedented border crisis that began in early 2021, how the  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: Today, the House Committee on Homeland Security majority, led by Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN), released a comprehensive new report documenting how President Joe Biden, Vice President and Biden-appointed "border czar" Kamala Harris, and other administration officials schemed together to open our borders, gut interior enforcement, and s  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) delivered the following opening statement in a hearing to examine how the policies and actions of the Biden-Harris administration sparked the unprecedented border crisis that began in early 2021, how the crisis has undermined the safety and security of communitie  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following statement following Instagram's announcement of new child safety changes ahead of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's markup of the Kids Online Safety Act. "If anyone needed further proof that Big Tech has no interest in actually protecting our children, the timing of Instagram's announcement on the eve of a House markup of the Kids Onli  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) sent a letter to U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe urging the agency to provide former President Trump with the same level of protection that it provides a sitting president following the second apparent attempt to assassinate the former President in two months: Two Assassination Attempts Against a Major Presidential Candidate in Two Months  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) released the following statement on the House Energy and Commerce Committee's passage of the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act: "Children are dying every single day at the hands of social media companies. The House Energy and Commerce Committee's passage of KOSA is a positive step towards protecting our children online. While we sti  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and 27 of their Republican colleagues issued a joint statement in response to the Palestinian Mission to the United Nations (UN) submitting a disgraceful and flagrant resolution. This resolution was submitted ahead of the UN General Assembly and targets the Jewish State of Israel and its rightful   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) introduced the Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act to help address the increasingly pervasive sexual assault and harassment of Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) employees by inmates: "Last year, nearly half of surveyed Bureau of Prisons staff stated they had been sexually harassed or assaulted by an inmate. This statistic is appalling and unacc  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: WASHNGTON Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today announced that the City of Memphis and the City of Covington will receive grants totaling $1,338,000 from the Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). The City of Memphis will receive $963,000 from the COPS Office of Technology and Equipment and the City of Covington will receiv  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $1,645,076 from the National Human Genome Research Institute to build tools for making pangenomes accessible. Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "I am pleased to see the National Institutes of Health investing in this revolutionary medical research on the huma  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $915,604 from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute for research on "Inhaled Nitric Oxide for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia." Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "I'm always pleased to see one of our prestigious National Institutes of Health investing  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced a $50,000 Department of Agriculture Rural Development grant to the MidSouth Development District, based in Shelby County. This funding will be used by the MidSouth Development District to hire a Community Development Specialist to deliver technical assistance in Tipton County, in addition to Fayette and Lauderdale Counties. The Community Development Specialist  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- 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 spoke in favor of the Assuring Robust, Thorough, and Informed Congressional Leadership is Exercised Over National Emergencies (ARTICLE ONE) Act and voted to pass it favorably out of committee. The bill is now eligible for consideration by the full House of Representatives. The ARTICLE ONE Act rebalan  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: MEMPHIS Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) applauded the Senate confirmation of U.S. Attorney Kevin Ritz to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and made the following statement: "I have not known of an individual for judicial appointment that has had more superlatives brought to my attention from both Democrats and Republicans. He was president of his high school class. He was a Jefferso  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today reintroduced the Police Creating Accountability by Making Effective Recording Act (CAMERA). The measure establishes a grant program to help state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies purchase body-worn cameras, implement body-worn camera programs, and report to Congress on the impact and effectiveness of the use of bod  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today reintroduced the National Statistics on Deadly Force Transparency Act, requiring the collection of pertinent information in these cases. The 1994 Crime Bill requires the Attorney General to collect information on instances of "excessive" force but the term is difficult to define. Congressman Cohen's bill would be limited to c  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: MEMPHIS Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) learned of the death of former U.S. Attorney, Tennessee Attorney General and Memphis City Council Member Mike Cody on Monday and made the following statement: "I knew Mike Cody all of my adult life. He was a highly respected attorney and public official, and was scrupulously honest. He did admirable service for Memphis, Tennessee and the United States. As Mr. Burch w  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) spoke from the House floor today remembering singer-songwriter J.D. Souther, who passed Tuesday at 78. Souther wrote songs covered by the Eagles and Linda Ronstadt and others. In his remarks, Congressman Cohen recalled a living room concert Souther and Jackson Browne held during the Congressman's first election to Congress in 2006 when they played "New Kid in Town" in his hon  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation, and Brian Mast, a Member of the Subcommittee, today led 30 bipartisan Members of Congress in a letter to Salvatore Sciacchitano, President of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council, expressing concern over the People's Republic of China's (PRC) recent unilateral altera  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on State Department Management, today issued a statement after the State Department's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released its report on the Department's handling of the suspension of U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Rob Malley's security clearance. The Inspector General's report responds to a July   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 17, 2024: * * * Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) released the following statement after publication of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) border encounter numbers for August 2024: "President Biden and Vice President Harris' border crisis is raging on as their mass-parole schemes continue to incentivi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release: This week, the House Committee on Homeland Security, led by Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN), held a hearing to examine how the policies and actions of the Biden-Harris administration sparked the unprecedented border crisis that began in early 2021, how the crisis has undermined safety and security, and how Biden and Harris' open-borders and anti-enforceme  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations, Banking, and Foreign Relations Committees, today joined Balance of Power on BloombergTV to discuss a possible government shutdown, President Donald Trump's tax policy proposals, a potential rate cut by the Federal Reserve, and the most recent attack on Hezbollah in Lebanon. *Click the photo above or here to watch* Partial   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today joined CNN News Central to discuss the vote on in vitro fertilization (IVF) in the U.S. Senate and the pro-family policies of President Donald Trump. *Click the photo above or here to watch* Partial Transcript Hagerty on the Senate IVF show vote: "I think it [the vote count] certainly will mirror what we saw in June. This is just a 'show vote'. It's just   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, TN United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations, Banking, and Appropriations Committees, today joined Mornings with Maria on Fox Business to discuss the second failed assassination attempt on President Trump, dangerous rhetoric coming from the Democrat Party, the Houthis' continual attacks on Israel, the growing U.S. budget deficit, and a potential governm  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 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 Committee, today joined Varney & Coon Fox Business to discuss Democrats' condemnation of Israeli retaliation, the ongoing attacks on Hezbollah through exploding devices, and the FBI's findings that Iran hacked the Trump campaign to provide the materials to Kamala Harris's campaign. *Click the photo above or here to watch*  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2024: Today, U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03) voted to pass H.R. 9106, the Enhanced Presidential Security Act of 2024, which directs the United States Secret Service (USSS) to use the same uniform standards to determine the number of agents and resources in a protection detail for Presidents, Vice Presidents, and major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates. As the cur  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: "The methods of repression we've seen in Venezuela in recent weeks are textbook Cuban tactics" Today, Rep. Mark Green gave the following remarks during a Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere hearing titled, "Maduro Stole the Elections Again: The Response to Fraud in Venezuela." As prepared for delivery: The crisis in Venezuela is tragic and heartbreaking. Millions of citizens are disenfranchised, nea  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) led a letter to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell urging the Board to efficiently review financial institutions' applications for risk-adjusted capital treatment from the direct issuance of credit-linked notes to help reduce the backlog of applications as financial institutions prepare for the damaging Basel III Endgame finalization. As some have called(link is  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan, chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2024: U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-AR), Ranking Member, today announced that the Committee will hold a hearing to consider the nominations of Marcus D. Graham of Tennessee to be a member of the Farm Credit Admini  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: On the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) urged her Senate colleagues to stand with female athletes by designating October 10 as "American Girls in Sports Day." Senate Democrats blocked the resolution in favor of the Biden-Harris administration's radical agenda to allow biological males to compete in women's sports by dismantling Title IX. Nearly 70% of Americans agree, athletes sho  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Today, H.R. 4657, a bill introduced by U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) passed the U.S. House of Representatives as part of a broader legislative package by a vote of 215-203-1. U.S. Rep. Rose released the following statement: "Retirement accounts are at risk of underperforming due to left-wing activist investors forcing public companies to take social and political positions that diminish economic gr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following video about the deadly impacts of our wide-open border on counties across our state. Since day one in office, the Biden-Harris administration has sought to make illegal immigration legal. During President Biden and Vice President Harris' first 100 days in office, they issued 94 executive orders to implement their open-border agenda.  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released a heart-wrenching video showcasing the urgent need to pass the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act to save lives. Senator Blackburn sat down with Kathy, a Middle Tennessee mom, who shared her tragic story of how her 17-year-old son, Vaughn-Thomas, bought a pill likely on Snapchat that was unknowingly laced with fentanyl and was poisoned. Watch Kathy's story   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2024: This week, the House Committee on Homeland Security and the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party released a joint investigative report exposing the rising threat to U.S. economic and homeland security posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Read the full report here. The report reveals how Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries   more