WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) sent a letter to U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell expressing her outrage following reporting that a FEMA supervisor ordered relief workers to avoid approaching the homes of Trump supporters during Hurricane Milton relief efforts. In a recent interview following her termination, this supervisor alleged "FEMA alwa more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: The Senate passed a resolution introduced by U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) recognizing the 40th anniversary of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), the nation's leading child protection organization: John and Reve Walsh Founded NCMEC Following Their Son's Tragic Murder "40 years ago John and Reve Walsh, along with other advocates fo more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) released the following joint statement after the Senate's bipartisan agreement to allow a vote on President Biden's district court nominees in exchange for pulling his four circuit court nominees: "The Senate's agreement will allow President Trump to fill four additional circuit court vacancies, including the vacancy  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.), and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Mission to the International Civil Aviation Organization (USICAO) Charge d'Affaires Anthony Clare urging them to support raising the mandatory commercial pilot retirement age standard. Doing so wou more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02)'s bill that would lower the periodic transaction report timeline passed through the House Oversight Committee. H.R. 10133, the "Timely Stock Disclosure Act" would require Members of Congress and senior government officials to report their stock transactions within 15 to 30 days as opposed to the previous 30 to 45 day requirement. "You've got members on bot more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Aviation Subcommittee, today announced that four Shelby County airports will receive a total of $18,734,518 in formula funding from the Federal Aviation Administration's Airport Infrastructure Grant Program. The funding comes from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that only Congressman Cohen among current members of the Tennessee Congression more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a student of American history convinced that the remaining records connected to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy should be unsealed as a demonstration of government transparency, said he appreciated President-elect Donald Trump's campaign pledge to release all remaining records once he returns to the White House. An admirer and supporter of President Kennedy, Co more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee and a former member of the Ethics Committee, today introduced a privileged resolution to require the Ethics Committee to preserve and release its findings from an investigation of former Congressman Matt Gaetz of Florida. Gaetz has been nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to be Attorney General of the United States. Since Ap more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the House Ranking Member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, today pledged his continued support for Ukraine at a hearing on "1,000 Days of Russia's War on Ukraine." In his opening statement, after yielding his time to Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, Ranking Member Cohen said in part: "Putin invaded Ukraine and thou more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) participated in a full Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing, where Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell served as the sole witness to testify on the agency's response to recent devastating hurricanes and natural disasters that impacted parts of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, an more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Rushing questionable unionization efforts during the presidential transition is an attempt to avoid taxpayer accountability and undermine the incoming Trump Administration United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Rules Committee, today sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland calling out the Department of Justice (DOJ) for expediting its unionization efforts following Pr more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, TN--United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today released the following joint statement after the Senate's bipartisan agreement to allow a vote on President Biden's district court nominees in exchange for pulling four circuit court nominees: "The Senate's agreement will allow President Trump to fill four additional circuit court vacancies, including the vacancy c more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2024: This week, the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement, led by Chairman Clay Higgins (R-LA), and Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability, led by Chairman Dan Bishop (R-NC), held a joint hearing to examine how the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Health and Human more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2024: This week, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN), Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Chairman Dan Bishop (R-NC), and Emergency Management and Technology Chairman Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY) sent letters to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell and fo more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2024: Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN), Select Committee on House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI), and Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security Chairman Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) released the following statement following news that the Department of more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today issued a subpoena to a key official at U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to further investigate the USDA's arbitrary enforcement of the Horse Protection Act (HPA) and the final rule titled Horse Protection Amendments. Information obtained by the more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, TN--United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking, Foreign Relations, and Appropriations Committees and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, yesterday joined Hannity on Fox News to discuss President Donald Trump's economic mandate and the Senate's need to quickly confirm President Trump's cabinet nominees. *Click the photo above or here to watch* Partial Transcript Hag more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, TN--United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking, Foreign Relations, and Appropriations Committees and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, today joined Mornings with Maria on Fox Business to discuss Republican's policy priorities. *Click the photo above or here to watch* Partial Transcript Hagerty on the economic priorities of the incoming Trump Administration: "Well more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Rep. David Kustoff, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: The House of Representatives passed Reps. David Kustoff (R-TN) and Claudia Tenney's (R-NY) bill, H.R. 9495, the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act, by a vote of 219-184. This bipartisan legislation will revoke the tax-exempt status of U.S. nonprofits found to have provided material support to designated terrorist groups and will waive certain Internal Revenue Service (IRS)  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued a subpoena to a key official at U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to further investigate the USDA's arbitrary enforcement of the Horse Protection Act (HPA) and the final rule titled Horse Protection Amendments. Information obtained by the Oversight Committee, along with recent actions at Tennessee Walking Horse shows, rev more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Alabama, issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2024: Today, Representative Gary Palmer (AL-06) sent a letter to the National Institute of Health (NIH) requesting the release of information demonstrating puberty blockers are harmful to minors. The information requested would be critical in a case before the United States Supreme Court, U.S. v. Skrmetti, where Alabama and Tennessee have substantial interest in the outcome. The issue before the Co more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2024: Today, the House Committee on Homeland Security released its October "Startling Stats" factsheet, detailing U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) border encounter data for the first month (October 2024) of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. According to CBP, for the fourth October in a row under the Biden-Harris administration, nationwide encounters  more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti led 31 state attorneys general in sending a letter yesterday to congressional leadership urging them to pass the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) introduced by U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), crucial legislation protecting children from online harm, before the end of the year. The coalition letter emphasized more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) spoke at a conference on social media and children's mental health hosted by the Brown University School of Public Health and the Hassenfeld Child Health Innovation Institute at the National Press Club. Senator Blackburn discussed the urgent need to pass the Kids Online Safety Act, which would be the first major reform to the tech industry in a generation if signed in more PR