Story provided by the office of Senator Marsha Blackburn – Written by Blackburn Mixing up the names and roles of his Cabinet secretaries. Failing to recognize longtime friends and staffers. Relying on scripts for White House meetings. In recent weeks, a steady stream of reports has confirmed what the American …
Read More »Blackburn Introduces Bills to Empower Local Law Enforcement to Help Deport Criminal Illegal Aliens & Reinstate “Remain in Mexico” Policy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) reintroduced two bills aimed at strengthening border security: the Clear Law Enforcement for Criminal Alien Removal (CLEAR) Act,which would ensure state and local law enforcement officials have the tools to help the federal government deport criminal illegal aliens, and the Make the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) Mandatory Act, …
Read More »Sen. Blackburn, Gov. Lee, Rep. Harshbarger Survey Storm Damage in East Tennessee
Click on the picture to go to the Website. BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. – Today, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), along with Governor Bill Lee, Representative Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.), Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton (R-Tenn.), and Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) Director Patrick Sheehan surveyed storm damage and met with local officials …
Read More »Fleischmann, Blackburn Lead TN Delegation in Resolution Celebrating Scarboro 85
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03) and U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) led the entire Tennessee Congressional Delegation in introducing a resolution celebrating the role of 85 students from the Scarboro neighborhood in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in the desegregation of public schools following the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Brown v. Board of …
Read More »Blackburn, Britt, Budd Introduce Laken Riley Act in Senate, Call for Immediate Consideration
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) joined Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and colleagues in introducing the Laken Riley Act which would require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to arrest illegal aliens who commit theft, burglary, larceny, or shoplifting offenses. The bill would also mandate that these aliens …
Read More »Hagerty, Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation to Stop Fentanyl Trafficking into the U.S.
Fentanyl smuggled across the southern border is taking more than 70,000 American lives per year WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today led a group of Republican senators in reintroducing the Stop Fentanyl Border Crossings Act, legislation to add drug smuggling as an additional basis for Title 42 immigration enforcement authority, thereby preserving for Border Patrol agents …
Read More »Women Veterans Appreciation Day Resolution Reintroduced by Blackburn, Booker, Rosen, Braun
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 …
Read More »Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following statement in response to Putin’s increasing aggression against Ukraine:
“Vladimir Putin wants nothing more than to return to the days of the old Soviet Union, and he has made it clear he will attack the national security of the U.S. and our partners to make it happen. Meanwhile, Joe Biden has refused to take meaningful action, and his weakness has emboldened Moscow. Last year, I …
Read More »Senator Blackburn Supports Flood Recovery Efforts on SuperTalk with Brian Wilson
NASHVILLE, TENN. – U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) joined Brian Wilson on SuperTalk 99.7 WTN to discuss the devastating flood in Middle Tennessee and the current crisis in Afghanistan. Click here to listen to the full interview. Tennessee’s Deadly Floods Caused Unbelievable Damage “We have been hard at work with …
Read More »Hagerty Files Amendments that take aim at Big Tech, Inflation, Energy Prices, Criminal Illegal Aliens
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today filed a number of amendments to the budget resolution currently being debated on the Senate floor, which is the vehicle for Budget Chairman Bernie Sanders’ $3.5 trillion partisan tax-and-spending spree to implement his socialist vision for …
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