PARSONS, Tennessee, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today said Jim and Janet Ayers discovered the "secret sauce" for raising college graduation rates. "Jim and Janet Ayers wanted to give more rural Tennesseans more educational opportunities - so in 1999 the Ayers Foundation started giving out scholarships, and they had counselors too, but what they learned over time is that if they really wanted to   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) introduced the Stadiums Operating under New Guidance (SONG) Act, which gives the Federal Aviation Administration the authority to issue Temporary Flight Restrictions for concerts and other events held at stadiums across the country. "Whe  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) introduced the Stadiums Operating under New Guidance (SONG) Act, which gives the Federal Aviation Administration the authority to issue Temporary Flight Restrictions for concerts and other events held at stadiums across the country." Wh  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Higher education organizations across the country have announced their support for bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Doug Jones (D-Ala.) to simplify the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) that nearly 20 million families fill out every year to apply for federal student aid. The FAFSA Simplification Act addresses one of the largest challenges low-inc  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report on the nuclear weapons sustainment. The report (GAO-20-37R) is titled "Nuclear Weapons Sustainment: Improvements Made to Budget Estimates in Fiscal Year 2019 Joint Report, but Opportunities Remain to Enhance Completeness". The report was sent to Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, chairman, Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Alabama, chairman,   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report on the U.S. retrospective antidumping/countervailing duty system. The report (GAO-20-50R) is titled "Antidumping and Countervailing Duties: Information on Actions by Commerce and CBP to Address Reported Weaknesses in Duty Collection Processes". The report was sent to Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairman, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, ranking member of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Homeland   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tennessee, ranking Republican member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: This week, Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.) Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, penned an essay in The Ripon Forum in honor of Veterans Day. Read the article here (https://www.riponsociety.org/article/be-grateful-for-the-many-sacrifices-that-keep-us-free/) and below: Be Grateful for the Many Sacrifices that Keep Us Free.   more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 8 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Tim Burchett announced today that his Knoxville office is partnering with the Library of Congress to preserve veterans' stories through the Veterans History Project. "I'm proud to partner with the Library of Congress on this initiative. My father served in the Pacific during World War II, and I can remember him telling stories about his fellow Marines and the sacrifices they made  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * - Underwrites eight-mile rapid transit bus line and nine electric buses * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, today announced that the Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) will be receiving a $12 million Better Utilizing Investment to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant. The federal funding will be used to create a Bus Rap  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * - Cohen, Cooper, Burchett, Rose and Kustoff introduced companion measure in July * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today applauded the introduction of the Stadiums Operating under New Guidance (SONG) Act in the U.S. Senate by Tennessee Senators Marsha Blackburn and Lamar Alexander and Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts. The bill would give the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) the authority   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), the Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, attended the Greater Grace Temple funeral for former Judiciary Committee Chairman and friend John Conyers, who passed away October 28. The service was attended by former President Bill Clinton, who delivered a stirring eulogy, and by Representatives Sheila Jackson Lee, Hank  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * - In letter to Governor Lee, he questions if Tennessee has chosen not to help needy families * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today wrote to Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, demanding answers regarding the state's decision to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars to help low-income families through the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program. Tennessee has the 10th highest poverty  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today questioned witnesses about recent immigration raids in Mississippi and Tennessee at a field hearing of the House Committee on Homeland Security in Jackson, Mississippi. Congressman Cohen thanked the Committee's Chairman, Bennie G. Thompson of Mississippi, for inviting him to the field hearing. Representatives Sheila Jackson Lee and Al Green, both of Texas, also particip  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * - Mississippi's August ICE raids have traumatized immigrant communities across the country * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, will participate Thursday in a Committee on Homeland Security field hearing on "Immigration Raids: Impacts and Aftermath on Mississippi Communities" at Tougaloo College in   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Rep. David Kustoff, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman David Kustoff (TN-08), applauded the Department of Justice for awarding $95 million in grants to law enforcement in the state of Tennessee. This funding will be used toward: violent crime reduction, opioid/substance abuse reduction efforts, school safety, transitional housing and additional services for domestic violence victims, mental health services, and juvenile justice assistance.   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Major Homer L. Pease, a Johnson City native, is the embodiment of the heroes we honor on Veterans Day. As a young boy of 13, he felt called to serve his country. Pease lied about his age in order to enlist in the U.S. Army and was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, where he volunteered as a paratrooper. He took part in D-Day in Normandy, France on June 6, 1944. He was wounded while fighting the Germans, b  more

WHITLEY CITY, Kentucky, Nov. 8 -- Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Congressman Hal Rogers joined local leaders at the Somerset Community College - McCreary Center in Whitley City on Friday morning to celebrate a new program that will soon educate and train local nurses and EMS-paramedics in southern Kentucky and several neighboring counties in Tennessee. The Workforce Development and Re-employment Opportunities project was recently awarded a POWER Grant totali  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Rep. Scott DesJarlais, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement: Today, Congressman Scott DesJarlais, M.D., voted against House Democrats' resolution to protect the secret, partisan impeachment inquiry Nancy Pelosi is pursuing to distract from her party's socialist agenda, weak presidential candidates, and a federal investigation of Obama Administration corruption. Tennessee's Fourth District representative issued the following statement: "The story is the same as it   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Rep. Ross Spano, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Today, Representative Ross Spano (Florida-15) was joined by Representative Mark Green (Tennessee-7) in Lakeland to meet with local active duty personnel and veterans at a Military and Veterans Roundtable. Rep. Mark Green is a West Point graduate, successful business leader, decorated combat veteran, and the House Freshman Class President. His most memorable mission during his military career was from the captu  more

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 4 -- Rep. John Rose, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative John Rose left Washington Wednesday and returned to Tennessee where his wife, Chelsea, had been hospitalized earlier that day due to complications related to her pregnancy of their expected son. Sadly, even with careful medical treatment, their baby did not survive and his chance at life ended on Friday, November 1 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center (CRMC) where he was deliver  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement after a meeting with Stephen Hahn, nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration: * * * - Says Senate health committee will hold Dr. Hahn's confirmation hearing on Wednesday, November 20 * * * "I had an excellent meeting with Dr. Hahn and believe he is well-qualified to lead the FDA. "As an oncologist, Dr. Hahn knows firsthand the  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement after meeting with Stephen Hahn, President Trump's nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration: "I had an excellent meeting with Dr. Hahn and believe he is well-qualified to lead the FDA. As an oncologist, Dr. Hahn knows firsthand the importance of bringing new, lifesaving drugs and devices quickly through the regulatory process as well as the need for innovation for patients with debilitating and chron  more

PARSONS, Tennessee, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement in commemoration of Veterans Day: "Tennessee is proud to be the Volunteer State, and we are especially proud to honor our nearly 500,000 veterans. "This month, we honor them with Veterans Day. "We should honor them every day for giving us the freedoms that we enjoy, the life that we live and the country that we have."  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today said a $12 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation will help Memphians get to work, school and home on time. "This $12 million federal grant will allow the City of Memphis to move forward with the Memphis Innovation Corridor, which will help increase travel options for Memphians in low income and central city neighborhoods. T  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release: * * * - Legislation will help nearly 20 million families who fill out the burdensome form every year * * * Higher education organizations across the country have announced their support for bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Doug Jones (D-Ala.) to simplify the Free Application for Federal S  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release: * * * - Permanent funding solution is part of a package of seven bipartisan bills drafted by 29 Senators--17 Democrats, 12 Republicans * * * Senate Democrats today blocked legislation offered by Senate education committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) that would permanently fund Historically Black Colleges and Universities an  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Senate Democrats today blocked legislation offered by Senate education committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) that would permanently fund Historically Black Colleges and Universities and other Minority Serving Institutions. "The right way to help Historically Black Colleges and Universities is to pass permanent funding for these institutions as part of a package of bills that I've introduced, whic  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) told TikTok it must put an end to Chinese-linked efforts to collect data from American children in a letter to Alex Zhu of TikTok Inc. Senator Blackburn leads the Senate Judiciary Committee's Tech Task Force. "TikTok is China's best detective--surreptitiously collecting and sharing user data, tracking American tweens and teenagers, and manipulating children's o  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) joined Fox News' America's Newsroom with Bill Hemmer and Sandra Smith to discuss the latest in the House Democrats' impeachment inquiry. On Partisan Whistleblower "The whistleblower had contact with Adam Schiff and his staff. He is a partisan Democrat. He has worked for one of the presidential candidates... This guy is the front man for the whistleblower band.  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- The Senate scheduled five committee hearings for Nov. 5: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation and Space, to hold hearings to examine building NASA's workforce of the future, focusing on STEM engagement for a 21st century education, 2:30 p.m., SD-562. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to examine the nominations of James P. Danly, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and K  more