WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report on immigration. The report (GAO-20-250) is entitled "Actions Needed to Strengthen USCIS's Oversight and Data Quality of Credible and Reasonable Fear Screenings". The report was sent to Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairman, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, ranking member of the Senate Appropriations   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report on the National Biodefense Strategy. The report (GAO-20-273) is entitled "Additional Efforts Would Enhance Likelihood of Effective Implementation". The report was sent to Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, chairman, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, chairman, Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Se  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) appointed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, spoke against anti-Semitism at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's Winter meeting in Vienna, Austria. The CSCE is also known as the U.S. Helsinki Commission. In his remarks, Congressman Cohen said: "Jews have often been like the canary in   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Rep. Stephen Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced that Southwest Tennessee Community College will be receiving a $998,405 grant from the Department of Labor's Closing the Skills Gap Program designed to expand apprenticeship programs. The college was one of 28 recipients of grants awarded Wednesday totaling nearly $100 million that will support the training of 92,000 individuals in new or expanded apprenticeship pro  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Rep. Stephen Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a $410,606 grant from the National Cancer Institute for research on tumor immunotherapy. "Cancer research supported by this grant leads to therapies that save lives and gives even the youngest cancer patients a chance to fight back against these devastating diseases. "I'm pleased that it also keeps researchers  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Rep. Stephen Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $1,137,678 grant from the National Eye Institute to conduct research on glaucoma. "Glaucoma is a serious eye disease that is five times more prevalent in African Americans. "This research grant will help develop therapies to treat the disease and keep ophthalmologists at work to find an e  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Stephen Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will receive a $702,163 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for research on drug resistance in a form of fungus responsible for lung infections. "Understanding disease resistance is the best way to avoid serious infections like those targeted in this research. "I'm pleased our M  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Stephen Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Feb. 18: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, was alarmed by the President's use of the pardon power to favor celebrities, the rich, and the well-connected. Among the 11 people granted a pardon or commutation were former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, financier Michael Milken, former New York City Police Com  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release Feb. 21: This week, Rep. Mark Green traveled to Munich alongside other Members of Congress for the German Marshall Fund's 17th Annual Congress-Bundestag Forum (CBF). Since its inception in 2004, the Congress-Bundestag Forum has developed connections among U.S. and German lawmakers and facilitated discussions on a variety of transatlantic policy issues. Green said, "My visit to Munich provided the opportunity  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tennessee, issued the following column: Surprise medical billing is a real problem across the country and - since the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) - affects people everywhere. With the ACA's government mandated changes, insurance companies narrowed physician networks to control costs, offering less robust coverage than we had before the government takeover of the health insurance market. This, in turn, is adversely impacting patient access, as  more