WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) joined Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and 42 bicameral Republican colleagues in a letter urging President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to work with Congress to root out abuses in their administration's unaccompanied migrant children program and stop the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) cover-up of the crisis. HHS  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn., (Oct. 18, 2024) Today, U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) introduced the bipartisan Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner in VA Hospitals (SANE) Act. Democrat Reps. Timothy M. Kennedy (NY-26) and Jared Moskowitz (FL-23) and Republican Reps. Nancy Mace (NC-01) and Anna Paulina Luna (FL-13) are co-sponsors. This bill would direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that sexual assa  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that Memphis-based AgLaunch, a non-profit organization building a national network of diverse farmers, will receive a grant of $509,000 from the Delta Regional Authority's (DRA') States Economic Development Assistance Program for an entrepreneurial initiative to foster agricultural innovation. Congressman Cohen made the following statement: "This DRA investme  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the South Memphis Renewal Community Development Corporation (SMRCDC) will receive an $800,000 grant to complete the construction of the 38126 Innovation and Technology Center from the Community Economic Development (CED) Program. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services CED program expands employment for low-income communities facing persistent pov  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee who led early efforts to find President Trump in violation of the Constitution's emoluments clauses when Trump was in office, today welcomed the House Oversight Committee's conclusion(link is external) that Trump accepted "ethically suspect payments" through his lease of the Trump International Hotel. As early as November 2017, Cong  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today reintroduced the Home Lead Safety Tax Credit Act, legislation to help American families cover the cost of eliminating lead from their homes. The Home Lead Safety Tax Credit Act would significantly broaden the national response to this public health challenge by providing refundable tax credits for homeowners, landlords, and tenants to remove lead from homes. Congressman  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Last week, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) led Republican members of the Committee in demanding answers from Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for the Biden-Harris administration's backwards spending priorities. Specifically, the members condemned the Biden-Harris administration's push for hundreds of millions of dollars every year for t  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 14, 2024: Last week, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) led Republican members of the Committee in demanding answers from Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for the Biden-Harris administration's backwards spending priorities. Specifically, the members condemned the Biden-Harris admini  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2024: Today, the House Committee on Homeland Security (CHS) released a new "China Threat Snapshot" assessment, detailing recent instances of Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-related espionage and acts of transnational repression in the United States. The assessment also documents recent CHS legislative efforts to address these national security threa  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- 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 (R-TN) released the following statement after a shocking report by Fox News' Jacqui Heinrich that Biden-Harris administration officials misrepresented the level of vetting conducted on Afghan national Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi. Released into the United States in September 2021 following the  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release: This week, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) sent a letter (https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2024-10-16-Green-Higgins-Bishop-to-Mayorkas-DHS-re-USBP-Camera-Towers.pdf) to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, demanding documents and information regarding the status of Rem  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NEW YORK CITY United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations, Banking, and Foreign Relations Committees, yesterday joined Kudlow on Fox Business to discuss the National Border Patrol Council endorsing President Trump, Kamala Harris and Chuck Schumer's deceptive "border bill," illegal migrant taxpayer-funded flights, apartment complexes being overrun by Venezuelan gangs, an  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2024: Kingsport, TN. - Today, staff from the office of Representative Diana Harshbarger (TN-01) visited Central Heights Elementary School in Blountville to deliver donated books from the U.S. Library of Congress. "It is always a privilege to be able to give students the resources they need to read and learn as they grow in their education," said Congresswoman Harshbarger. "I'm thankful my   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) announced his intent to introduce the SBA Disaster Transparency Act. The legislation would bring the Small Business Administration (SBA) disaster account into parity with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Disaster Relief Fund, requiring public reports on the status of the SBA's fund. "Residents in South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida aff  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following video recognizing October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month and calling on the Senate to pass her bipartisan legislation to better protect women nationwide from domestic violence before the end of the year. One in four women will face physical violence from an intimate partner in their lifetime. Some women, even at thei  more