WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news: * * * "We Risk Falling Behind if We Don't Act Swiftly": Homeland Republicans Examine the US Travel System Ahead of FIFA World Cup, 2028 Summer Olympics WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This week, Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), chairman of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security, held a hearing to examine public- and private-sector efforts to secure and improve t  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Blackburn Probes Vanderbilt University Medical Center for Not Complying with President Trump's Executive Action Ending DEI Programs NASHVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) sent a letter to Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) President Jeffrey Balser regarding reports that VUMC has begun concealing its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs instead of fully c  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Blackburn Visits Distribution Center and Tours Storm Damage in McNairy County NASHVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) joined Tennessee Emergency Management Agency Director Patrick Sheehan, McNairy County Mayor Larry Smith, Selmer City Mayor Sherry Inman, and McNairy County Emergency Management Agency Director Allen Strickland in visiting the recovery center at the McNairy Co  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Blackburn Wishes Tennesseans a Blessed Holy Week NASHVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following video ahead of Easter Sunday with well wishes for Tennesseans during Holy Week: "I hope that this Holy Week is a time of blessings given and received and a time of hopefulness for you and your family," said Senator Blackburn. "As you spend time with your family a  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Green on Justice Served in Rachel Morin Case: "The Immense Damage Caused By Biden-Harris Open-Border Policies Can't Be Fully Undone" WASHINGTON--Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) released the following statement after Victor Martinez-Hernandez, an illegal alien from El Salvador, was found guilty on Monday of the murder of Rachel Morin, a Maryland   more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news on April 15, 2025: * * * Chairman Green on Justice Served in Rachel Morin Case: "The Immense Damage Caused by Biden-Harris Open-Borders Policies Can't be Fully Undone" WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) released the following statement after Victor Martinez-Hernandez, an illegal alien from El Salvador,  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news on April 14, 2025: * * * Chairman Green on Record-Low March Border Numbers: "Law and Order Is at an All-Time High" WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) released the following statement after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) revealed a 95% drop in Southwest border apprehensions and an 88% drop in   more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news on April 17, 2025: * * * Chairman Green Responds to Homeland Democrats' Calls to Visit Deported Salvadoran MS-13 Gang Member, Domestic Abuser WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) released the following statement after multiple Homeland Democrats expressed desire to travel to El Salvador to visit Kilmar A  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Green Responds to Homeland Democrats' Calls to Visit Deported Salvadoran MS-13 Gang Member, Domestic Abuser WASHINGTON, D.C. -- House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) released the following statement after multiple Homeland Democrats expressed desire to travel to El Salvador to visit Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national with ties to the transnational g  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news on April 16, 2025: * * * Chairmen Green, Brecheen Probe Taxpayer-Funded NGO Suspected of Helping Illegal Aliens Evade Law Enforcement WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) and Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Chairman Josh Brecheen (R-OK) sent a letter to the Chinese-American   more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Cohen Announces $7.4 Million in Head Start Funding Supporting programs operated by the Shelby County Board of Education MEMPHIS - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the Shelby County Board of Education will receive a grant of $7,446,186 for its Head Start projects from January through June 29 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Head Start.  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Cohen Leads a Letter Urging HUD Secretary to Reinstate Green and Resilient Retrofit Program Funding frozen for energy-efficient upgrades to housing WASHINGTON - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) led a letter to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner on Friday urging him to reverse the cancellation of contracts and the freezing of all funding associated wi  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Joint Statement by Congressman Steve Cohen, OSCE PA Special Representative on Political Prisoners, and MP Azadeh Rojhan, PACE General Rapporteur on Political Prisoners in Europe, on the OSCE Officials Incarcerated by Russia We strongly condemn the continued detention of three Ukrainian nationals -- Vadym Golda, Maxim Petrov, and Dmytro Shabanov -- all former OSCE officials who were unjustly arreste  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on April 16, 2025: * * * Pharmacy Benefit Managers Put On Notice WASHINGTON -- Yesterday, President Trump took decisive action to rein in Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) and lower prescription drug prices. Congresswoman Harshbarger has led and supported numerous bills during her tenure in Congress to achieve similar goals in statute, including the following: * Patients Before Monopolies (PBM) Act   more