WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on March 23: * * * - Says there is "no excuse" for blocking debate on legislation that will generate trillions in economic support to help keep employees on payrolls, relieve Americans' financial burden while containing COVID-19 * * * "This is no time to be running a political campaign," U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) sai  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release: "This is about your paycheck," Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said in describing a collection of Republican and Democrat senators' ideas that he said will generate trillions in economic support to help keep employees on payrolls and to relieve Americans' financial burden while containing COVID-19. He said that about $1.7 trillio  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement: * * * - Bipartisan provisions from Senate HELP Committee will be included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that the Senate will soon consider * * * Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said that the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security   more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report on the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. The report (GAO-20-469R) is entitled "Review of the Audit of the Financial Statements for FY 2019". The report was sent to Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, chairman, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, L  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tennessee, ranking Republican member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 23: Today, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Mark Takano (D-Calif.) and Ranking Member Dr. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) introduced the bipartisan Student Veteran Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 -- key legislation to minimize the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on student veterans as schools and universities have taken proactive mea  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Ranking Member Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.) and Chairman Mark Takano (D-Calif.) introduced the bipartisan Student Veteran Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 - key legislation to minimize the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on student veterans as schools and universities have taken proactive measures to mitigate the spread of the virus. "Over the last two weeks, we have worked h  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, March 25 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * - Urges airline CEO's to reject taxpayer-funded bonuses - Calls for independent contractors to be included in stimulus package * * * Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) sent two separate letters related to the federal government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These efforts by Rep. Burchett show, despite the disruption caused by Coronavirus on the day-to-day operations of the Leg  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Stephen Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced that Christ Community Health Services Inc. will be receiving a grant of $4,442,578 from the Department of Health and Human Services for its ongoing work meeting the needs of the medically underserved. "This significant grant will help Christ Community Health Services meet the medical care necessities of Memphians most in need. I am pleased to see this funding go to  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Stephen Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced that Christ Community Health Services will receive a $138,489 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to support health centers in underserved areas during the COVID-19 outbreak. "This rapid response to our coronavirus crisis is welcome and much needed. I'm pleased that this funding will address the ongoing pandemic on the ground in Memphis. "This   more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- 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 $429,577 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for research into enterocolitis pathogenesis. "I'm pleased to announce this funding for critical research because it supports our medical school and keeps researchers on the job and saving lives. "T  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) led a letter to Vice President Mike Pence and the White House Coronavirus Task Force asking why the United States did not follow World Health Organization guidance, available since January 17, for manufacturing Covid-19 tests and instead relied on a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) test, which was found to be inoperable on March 1. Workable test kits were no  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Rep. Stephen Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a former member of the Tennessee State Senate, mourned the loss of his friend and colleague Jerry W. Cooper, and made the following statement: "Jerry Cooper was an outstanding State Senator, an unsung hero of another era willing to accomplish bipartisan policy objectives, including his help in getting my state education lottery passed into law. "He worked with then-Governo  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: In an effort to keep TN-09 constituents up to date on the coronavirus situation, I will share updates with important information. I hope you'll take some time to look at this information. As always, if you need to reach my office please call 901-544-4131 for the Memphis office and 202-225-3265 for the D.C. office. Updates will be posted on my website: www.Cohen.House.Gov. Tennessee has 505 cases of coron  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 26: In an effort to keep TN-09 constituents up to date on the coronavirus situation, I will share updates with important information. I hope you'll take some time to look at this information. As always, if you need to reach my office please call 901-544-4131 for the Memphis office and 202-225-3265 for the D.C. office. Updates will be posted on my website: www.Cohen.House.Gov. Tennessee has 812 ca  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 24: In an effort to keep TN-09 constituents up to date on the coronavirus situation, I will share updates with important information. I hope you'll take some time to look at this information. As always, if you need to reach my office please call 901-544-4131 for the Memphis office and 202-225-3265 for the D.C. office. Updates will be posted on my website: www.Cohen.House.Gov. Tennessee has 615 ca  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: In an effort to keep TN-09 constituents up to date on the coronavirus situation, I will share updates with important information. I hope you'll take some time to look at this information. As always, if you need to reach my office please call 901-544-4131 for the Memphis office and 202-225-3265 for the D.C. office. Updates will be posted on my website: www.Cohen.House.Gov. Tennessee has 784 cases of corona  more

CHATTANOOGA, March 26 -- Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03) applauded news that the Baylor School will serve as a COVID-19 testing site. Last week, Fleischmann sent a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration urging them to approve a waiver for the Baylor School to conduct testing. "I am proud to have advocated for the Baylor School as they sought to become a local testing site for COVID-19," Rep. Chuck Fleischman  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Rep. Green blasted Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) for using the coronavirus crisis as an excuse to ram a radical leftist agenda through Congress by tying it to much-needed aid for American families and small businesses. Green said, "Pelosi and the House Democrats are shamelessly abusing this crisis to remake America in the image of their socialist agenda, knowing full well they failed with i  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: The Senate announced that it will include Rep. Green's request for a waiver of the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in Congress' coronavirus relief legislation. Green sent a letter to Senators McConnell and Schumer urging the Senate to give school districts more time to implement proper protocols given the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic. Green sai  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Rep. Green sent a letter to Senators McConnell and Schumer urging them to waive the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in Congress' coronavirus relief legislation and give school districts more time to implement proper protocols given the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic. Green said, "Secretary DeVos needs this waiver authority during the COVID-19 pan  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Rep. Mark Green announced that he will host a town hall meeting over Facebook Live to address the continued challenges of the coronavirus outbreak and update members of the District on actions they can take to protect their families, businesses and communities. Green said, "The spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has raised a lot of important questions for us as Americans. While it has been incredib  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is offering designated small businesses and nonprofit organizations low-interest federal disaster loans for working capital to small businesses suffering substantial economic injury as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). As our communities and businesses continue to face the economic impacts of COVID-19, this designation will be a crucial step in providing sm  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, March 26 -- Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement after the Health and Human Services Department awarded $212,467 to health centers in the 1st District of Tennessee to combat the coronavirus: "We are in uncharted waters as our nation battles the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is critical East Tennesseans are confident they will continue to have access to health care. Our community health centers serve as the primary care providers for thousands of patien  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tennessee, ranking Republican member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on March 21 after President Trump signed a bill he introduced in the House to protect GI Bill benefits during the coronavirus pandemic, into law: "I applaud President Trump for signing this vital piece of legislation into law on behalf of student veterans across the country. Hundreds of thousands of veterans and others rely on the GI Bill to pay   more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: The challenges brought to our nation by the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are among the most significant we've ever faced. Americans face not only a threat to their physical health, but to their economic stability and emotional well-being. Our country is currently undergoing a planned shutdown of our economy to protect Americans' lives. The response we are undertaking is unprecedented, but we are acting t  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Reps. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.) and Kim Schrier, M.D. (D-Wash.) released the following statement after introducing H.R.6365, the Immediate Relief for Rural Facilities and Providers Act of 2020 with Reps. Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-Ind.); Rep. Ami Bera, M.D. (D-Calif.); Buddy Carter (R-Ga.); Rep. Raul Ruiz, M.D. (D-Calif.); Brian Babin, D.D.S. (R-Texas); Terri Sewell (D-Ala.); Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Texas); Mark G  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: "This is no time to be running a political campaign," U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said on the Senate floor as Democrats block legislation that will generate trillions in economic support to help keep employees on payrolls and to relieve Tennesseans' - and all Americans' - financial burden while containing COVID-19. As chairman of the Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Comm  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release: * * * - Unprecedented legislation will provide $1,200 checks for individuals, increase unemployment compensation, defer tax and student loan payments, generate trillions in economic support to keep businesses open and billions to help hospitals buy medical supplies and speed development of tests, treatments and vaccines * * * Un  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said legislation he voted for and the Senate passed by a vote of 96-0 will send "sweeping relief to keep paychecks coming for workers and relieve financial burdens for Americans hurt by COVID-19." The senator said that unprecedented legislation will provide $1,200 checks for individuals, increase unemployment compensation, defer tax and student loan paym  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said legislation he voted for and the Senate passed today by a vote of 96-0 will send "sweeping relief to keep paychecks coming for workers and relieve financial burdens for Americans hurt by COVID-19." The senator said that unprecedented legislation will provide $1,200 checks for individuals, increase unemployment compensation, defer tax and student loa  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: "This is about your paycheck," Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said in describing a collection of Republican and Democrat senators' ideas that he said will generate trillions in economic support to help keep employees on payrolls and to relieve Americans' financial burden while containing COVID-19. He said that about $1.7 trillion is federal spending. The legislation also authorizes the Federal Reser  more

MARYVILLE, Tennessee, March 28 -- Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 27: United States Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said legislation the president signed into law provides "sweeping relief to keep paychecks coming for workers, to relieve financial burdens for Americans hurt by COVID-19, and especially, to contain the disease." Alexander voted for and the Senate passed the legislation Thursday by a vote of 96-0. The senator said that this unpreced  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said that the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act will help keep Americans healthy, keep paychecks coming for workers, and help relieve financial burdens for Americans hurt by COVID-19. "The government has shut down the economy for the public health, so the Senate is responsible for taking steps t  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement as the Senate passed the Coronavirus, Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act: * * * "This is a tough time for Tennesseans, and over the last few weeks, I have spoken with dozens of employees, small and large business owners, and gig economy workers. They have shared with me their stories of joblessness, dreams shattered through no fault of their own. They have asked for help to bridge the economi  more