WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Ahead of the holiday season, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), ranking member of the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, issued a warning to seniors at risk of harmful cyber-attacks during a hearing on protecting consumers from artificial intelligence (AI) enabled fraud and scams: Click here to watch the full hearing and here to download Senator Blackburn's remarks. Senior Citizens Are more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) introduced the Medicaid Primary Care Improvement Act to grant state Medicaid programs the authority to explore and implement direct primary care arrangements for Medicaid beneficiaries. Key features of the Direct Primary Care (DPC) model include predictable costs, improved access, reduced administrative burden, and lower costs. "Rural resident more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: In a bicameral letter led by U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Representatives Chris Smith (R-N.J.), Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.), and Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.), 112 Members of Congress asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate and report on the amount of federal funding that has been awarded to abortion providers--including Planned Parenthood--over the past three years: "We a more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: MEMPHIS Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee long concerned about the potential abuse of the presidential pardon power who has sought to amend the Constitution to protect against perceived conflicts of interest, today released the following statement: "President Biden has lost one son and would do anything he could for his remaining son. I'm in no way surprised at this  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: MEMPHIS Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive two grants from tow National Institutes of Health totaling $1,213,557. The first, for $754,446, is from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for research on the microbiome. The second, for $459,111, is from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the Tipton County School District will receive $936,722 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Program for 14 video conferencing units, software and training. Instructors will deliver expanded educational opportunities to an estimated 10,638 Tipton County residents, according to the USDA. Congressman Cohen made the following statement: more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- 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 presided at a hearing on "The Role of Belarus in Russia's Crimes." Ranking Member Cohen focused his questions to hearing witnesses on Belarus' taking of Ukrainian children and the fate of political prisoners held by the regime. Ranking Member Cohen a more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- 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 Committee on Ethics, today reoffered a privileged resolution continuing his effort to release the Ethics Committee's report of alleged misconduct by former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz. He will speak on the measure and notice it on the floor this evening. Congressman Cohen said: "Matt Gaetz faces some of more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- 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 Committee on Ethics, today offered a privileged resolution continuing his effort to publicly release the Ethics Committee's report of alleged misconduct by former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz. The measure was referred to the Ethics Committee in a parliamentary maneuver designed to prevent the release. Co more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Tom McClintock (CA-5), the Co-Chairmen of the Iran Human Rights and Democracy Caucus, today released the following statement: "As the co-chairs of the Congressional Iran Human Rights and Democracy Caucus, we strongly condemn the death sentences imposed on six Iranian political prisoners for their support of the organized Iranian resistance, MEK/PMOI, and the Iranian protes more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee long concerned about the potential abuse of the presidential pardon power, was pleased to see his proposed Constitutional Amendment to limit the pardon power was endorsed by former Clinton Administration Labor Secretary Robert Reich. Reich called attention to the proposed amendment in a Substack article on Tuesday after President Bid more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: The legislation now heads to the President's desk to be signed into law United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking and Foreign Relations Committees, applauded House passage of his Forgotten Heroes of the Holocaust Congressional Gold Medal Act (S.91),legislation to honor 60 World War II-era diplomats from the United States and around the world who risked their careers and, in  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: Today, House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology Chairman Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY) announced a hearing for Tuesday, December 10, 2024, at 10:00 AM ET, to examine how President Biden and "border czar" Vice President Harris' disastrous open-borders, anti-enforcement policies have put all levels of law enforceme more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: Today, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), provided the following update on the Committee's investigation into disturbing allegations of sexual misconduct, including allegations of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and inappropriate interpersonal relationships, at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Mountain Ho more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Earlier this week, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined a bipartisan group of legislators urging House Republican Leaders to pass the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act (KOSPA) package before the end of the year. The legislation to protect children from increasing harms caused by social media has languished in the House for months after overwhelmingly passing more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations, Banking, and Foreign Relations Committees and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, yesterday joined CNN News Central to discuss his support for Pete Hegseth's nomination to be Secretary of Defense, along with the Senate's role in ensuring President Donald Trump can carry out his agenda on day one of his Administration. *Click the more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, TN--United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), former U.S. Ambassador to Japan and member of the Senate Banking and Foreign Relations Committees, today joined Meet the Press on NBC News to discuss President Donald Trump's cabinet nominees and economic policies, as well as recent developments in the Middle East. *Click the photo above or here to watch* Partial Transcript Hagerty on Kash Patel's more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Senate Commerce Committee Chair Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Ranking Member Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Sens. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), authors of bipartisan bills to protect children online, wrote to House Republican Leaders urging them to pass the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act (KOSPA) package before the end of more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (TNSres) -- Rep. David Kustoff, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman David Kustoff (R-TN) announced the 2024 Congressional App Challenge winner for Tennessee's Eighth Congressional District is Alex Barthel from St. George's Independent School in Shelby County. Alex created the app, Unbias, which uses artificial intelligence to identify and report potential biases in news and articles. "Congratulations to Alex for winning this year's Congressional App C more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Yesterday, the U.S. Senate passed the bipartisan American Music Tourism Act introduced by U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) to support and increase music tourism for both domestic and international visitors: "Tennesseans know a thing or two about the positive impact that music tourism has on the economy and culture," said Senator Blackburn. "The Volunteer State i more PR