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Bill provides supplemental security funding requested by Court and U.S. Marshals WASHINGTON—United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Mark Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, today introduced legislation that provides an additional $10.3 million to the U.S. Marshals Service and $9.1 …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) introduced a bipartisan resolution designating June 12, 2022 as Women Veterans Appreciation Day to honor women veterans for their military service and recognize the growing presence of women in the United States …

Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03) released the following statement following the passage of gun control legislation in the House of Representatives. “Gun control always restricts the rights of law-abiding, responsible Americans to practice their Second Amendment rights and never stops criminals from breaking the law. The legislation …

Recent actions by President López Obrador and Mexican officials threaten cultural, economic, and diplomatic ties fundamental to North American prosperity WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with nine Senate colleagues whose states’ businesses and supply chains have been threatened by recent …

Agency is pursuing policy that increases gas prices by denying small refinery exemptions from the renewable fuel standard WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today criticized Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan for EPA’s denial of all small refinery exemptions from the …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday evening, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) held a telephone town hall where 100,000 East Tennesseans were invited to participate. Polls taken during the call indicated that 94% percent of poll participants have been impacted by rising grocery, gas, energy costs, 86% of poll participants did …

Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03) released the following statement in response to the latest inflation numbers showing prices have increased by 8.3 percent from April 2021. “Every month, the inflation rate keeps hitting new highs not seen in decades. Tennesseans can look no further for the cause …

WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking and Foreign Relations Committees, along with Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Steve Daines (R-MT), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Tim Scott (R-SC), and Mike Rounds (R-SD), have sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Treasury urging the Biden Administration to …

WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Banking Committees, has joined Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) in introducing the American Energy Independence Act of 2022, which reverses President Joe Biden’s shutdown of the American energy sector and returns American energy to full production. Immediately following Russia’s invasion of …

NASHVILLE, TN—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today released the following statement on President Joe Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be an Associated Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court: “I congratulate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on her nomination. As I indicated last month, I expect a nominee …