WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Army, Navy, Air Force Veterans Introduce SOS Act to Address Shipbuilding Crisis Read the exclusive on the SOS Act from Elizabeth Elkind at Fox News. WASHINGTON--A bipartisan trio of American veterans, led by Army veteran and Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, is introducing legislation to revitalize U.S. shipyards and shipbuilders. Co-led by Navy veteran Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA) and Air Forc  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Blackburn, Booker Introduce Bill to Establish Due Process Protections for Student Athletes During NCAA Investigations WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) introduced the NCAA Accountability Act, which would establish due process protections for student-athletes, coaches, and universities that are under investigation by the National Collegiate Ath  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Blackburn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Protect American Energy from Eco-terrorists WASHINGTON, D.C. \- United States Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Tim Sheehy (R. Mont.) introduced the Safe and Secure Transpo rtation of American Energy Act to protect American energy from eco-terrorists. Current federal law applies criminal penalties for "knowingly and willfully damaging or destroyi  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Blackburn, Hagerty, Cruz, Justice Introduce the "Restoring Law and Order Act" to Empower Law Enforcement WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Jim Justice (R-W.Va.) introduced the Restoring Law and Order Act to increase funding for law enforcement and help keep violent criminals behind bars: "Over the last few year  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Blackburn, Lee Introduce Bill to End Backroom Federal Labor Union Deals WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced the Federal Workforce Freedom Act to put a stop to "collective bargaining" agreements between federal agencies and labor unions, which harm productivity, increase labor costs, and reduce investment. This follows the Trump adminis  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news on March 14, 2025: * * * Border Brief: President Trump's Enforcement Efforts Lead to Record-Low Illegal Immigration in February WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the House Committee on Homeland Security released its newest "Border Brief" factsheet, detailing the February U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data, which revealed Southwest border apprehensions (8,347)   more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news on March 12, 2025: * * * Chairman Green Applauds CBP's February Encounter Numbers: A "Victory at Our Borders" WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) issued the following statement on U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) February 2025 border encounter data, which includes President Donald Trump's firs  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news: * * * Chairman Green Applauds House Passage of Committee Bills to Counter Cartels, Protect Sensitive Research, Enhance Biodetection WASHINGTON D.C. -- House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) issued the following statement applauding House passage of H.R. 495, H.R. 706, H.R. 901, and H.R. 1692 this week. These bills were previously p  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news on March 11, 2025: * * * Chairmen Garbarino, Green Deliver Opening Statements in Hearing on Cyber Regulatory Harmonization WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Chairman Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) and House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) delivered the following opening statements in a   more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairmen Garbarino, Green Deliver Opening Statements in Hearing on Cyber Regulatory Harmonization WASHINGTON -- Today, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Chairman Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) and House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) delivered the following opening statements in a hearing to examine opportunities to improve the cyber regulatory re  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news on March 10, 2025: * * * Committee Legislation to Combat the CCP's Malign Influence, Supply Chain Dominance Sent to the Senate WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed two critical pieces of legislation to counter the malign influence and supply chain dominance of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the homeland, the "Decoupling from Fo  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news on March 10, 2025: * * * Committee Legislation to Combat the CCP's Malign Influence, Supply Chain Dominance Sent to the Senate WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed two critical pieces of legislation to counter the malign influence and supply chain dominance of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the homeland, the "Decoupling from Fo  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Burchett votes in favor of stopgap funding bill WASHINGTON, D.C., (March 11, 2025) - Today, U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) released the following statement after voting in favor of a continuing resolution to fund the federal government through September 30, 2025. "Since I've been here, this is the first time that actual cuts have been made and we have reduced the size of g  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Cohen and Senator Van Hollen Reintroduce the NEWBORN Act Measure to address high - and rising - infant mortality rate WASHINGTON -- - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland today reintroduced the Nationally Enhancing the Wellbeing of Babies through Outreach and Research Now (NEWBORN) Act to help address America's unacceptably high infant mortality rat  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Cohen Calls U.S. DOT Decision on Funding Bike and Walking Paths and EV Charging Stations Wrong and Short-Sighted Local projects already awarded grants would lose them MEMPHIS - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today released the following statement after learning that the Trump U.S. Department of Transportation has dir  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Cohen Re-Introduces Tax Return Preparer Accountability Act IRS would regulate service providers with minimum competency standards WASHINGTON - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today re-introduced the Tax Return Preparer Accountability Act to provide the Internal Revenue Service with the explicit authority to regulate tax preparation services by enacting training and integrity requiremen  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Cohen's Statement After Voting "No" on Continuing Budget Resolution Will result in billions of dollars in cuts to social safety net programs like Medicaid and SNAP WASHINGTON - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today vote "no" on a Continuing Resolution for federal funding through September 30 that passed on a 217 to 213 vote, and made the following statement: "This was a horrific cont  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Exposing the Cuban Regime's Dark Trade: Rep. Green Leads Bipartisan Anti-Trafficking Resolution WASHINGTON--Rep. Mark Green (TN-07) re-introduced a bipartisan Congressional Resolution denouncing the Cuban regime's human trafficking, forced labor, and profiteering from its own medical personnel serving around the world. The Trump administration recently announced an expansion of visa restrictions on   more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Hagerty Introduces Legislation to Protect U.S. Businesses from European Regulators' Power Grab WASHINGTON --United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today introduced the Prevent Regulatory Overreach from Turning Essential Companies into Targets (PROTECT USA) Act of 2025, legislationto shield U.S. companies from the European Union's (EU) harmful extraterr  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Hagerty Introduces Trump's U.S. Ambassador Nominees to Japan, Canada, Mexico WASHINGTON-- United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, today introduced former U.S. Ambassador to Portugal George Glass, nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to Japan, former U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands Pete Hoekstra, nominee to be U.  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Hagerty Leads Colleagues in Reintroducing Updated Legislation on Stablecoins Senate Banking Committee to vote on GENIUS Act on Thursday WASHINGTON --United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, Tim Scott (R-SC), Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) today introduced an upda  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Hagerty, Colleagues Applaud Committee Passage of the GENIUS Act The Hagerty-led bill is the first major legislation to establish a clear regulatory framework for payment stablecoins WASHINGTON --United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, Tim Scott (R-SC), Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and Ang  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news: * * * Homeland Republicans Highlight the Importance of TSA's Cybersecurity Posture, Review of Regulatory Measures Issued Under the Previous Administration WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This week, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN), Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security Chairman Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Subcommittee on Cyberse  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Rep Burchett introduces Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C., (March 11, 2025) - Yesterday, U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) introduced the Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2025. The Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2025 amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to grant the President the authority to propose cancellations of specific discr  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Burchett introduces Defense Against Drones Act WASHINGTON, D.C. (Mar. 6, 2025) - Today, U.S. Representative Tim Burchett (TN-02) introduced the Defense Against Drones Act (DADA). The Defense Against Drones Act permits individuals to use a legally obtained shotgun to shoot down a drone if they reasonably believe it is flying at or below 200 feet above their property, in accordance with s  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Green Protects Coast Guard, ICE, and CBP From Government Shutdowns WASHINGTON--Today, Rep. Mark Green reintroduced the Coast Guard Sustained Funding Act to ensure U.S. Coast Guard personnel are paid in the event of an appropriations lapse. He also reintroduced the Homeland Heroes Pay Act to ensure frontline employees of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Custo  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Green Reintroduces Bill to Crush Iran-backed Houthi Threat Read the exclusive by Kassy Akiva in the Daily Wire WASHINGTON--Today, Rep. Mark Green reintroduced the Combating Houthi Threats and Aggression Act in the 119th Congress. The bill imposes sanctions on those complicit in or who materially support Houthi attacks, past or present. The bill also mandates the creation of three executive br  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Green Votes to Continue the Trump Administration's Progress WASHINGTON--Today, Rep. Mark Green released the following statement on his vote in favor of a continuing resolution to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year, ahead of Friday's funding deadline: "Today, I voted to keep our government open. This continuing resolution gives Congressional Republicans the time we need t  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news on March 14, 2025: * * * Reps. Pfluger, Evans, Magaziner Reintroduce Bipartisan Bills to Counter Transnational Repression on U.S. Soil WASHINGTON D.C. --Today, members of the House Committee on Homeland Security reintroduced commonsense legislation aimed at strengthening the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) response and coordination in countering the growin  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall Joins Senator Lee, Congressman Green, and 86 GOP Colleagues Urging End to Export Licenses for Firearms Rule Washington -U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) joined Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah), House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-Tennessee-07), and 86 of his House and Senate GOP colleagues in urging U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to rescind the   more