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Bill Hagerty
@billhagerty· Republican · TN· May 2, 2024

Mr. President, in 2021, President Biden signed Executive Order 14019. This Executive order directs Federal Government Agencies to engage in voter mobilization using taxpayer resources, and it requires that they submit a plan for doing so…

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Bill Hagerty
@billhagerty· Republican · TN· May 2, 2024

Mr. President, I appreciate my colleague Senator Padilla's outreach toward each other, and I look forward to working with him on a number of issues in this regard. He has great expertise in this arena. But I have a very basic question to…

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David Kustoff
@davidkustoff· Republican · TN· May 1, 2024

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I do rise today in support of the Antisemitism Awareness Act. We all know that since Hamas' brutal and barbaric attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, we have seen an absolute explosion of…

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Steve Cohen
@stevecohen· Democratic · TN· May 1, 2024

I appreciate my chairman, and I also found the remarks that were directed at you to be reprehensible. I know you and I know your commitment to fair play and the First Amendment. However, I have questions about this bill, and that is why I…

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Steve Cohen
@stevecohen· Democratic · TN· May 1, 2024

Reclaiming my time. I thank the gentleman. I appreciate his support for that, I think it is very important. I think it is a more inclusive bill, a broader bill. It takes in not just the problems at the universities but also takes on…

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Steve Cohen
@stevecohen· Democratic · TN· May 1, 2024

President Trump said there are good people on both sides. Well, there are good people on both sides in Columbia, but there were not good people on both sides in Charlottesville. That anti-Semitism needs to be addressed and has not been…

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Marsha Blackburn
@marshablackburn· Republican · TN· May 1, 2024

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Net Neutrality

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Marsha Blackburn
@marshablackburn· Republican · TN· May 1, 2024

Madam President, last week, the Democrat majority on the Federal Communications Commission voted to classify broadband internet service as a ``telecommunications service'' under title II of the Communications Act. This is an effort that is…

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Tim Burchett
@timburchett· Republican · TN· Apr 30, 2024

I recognize my dear friend Lauren Click for all of her hard work and dedication at Henry's Deli in Corryton, Tennessee. Lauren first started working at Henry's Deli through a program at Gibbs High School where she got on-the-job training…

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Bill Lee
@billlee· Republican · TN· Apr 23, 2024

This really is too bad. These are some really good amendments. Apparently, we are not allowed to have those. We are just allowed to sing off of whatever hymnal they happen to hand us that has been preblessed by the law firm of Schumer…

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Bill Lee
@billlee· Republican · TN· Apr 23, 2024

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Kelly). Without objection, it is so ordered. Unanimous Consent Requests

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Bill Lee
@billlee· Republican · TN· Apr 23, 2024

Mr. President, it wasn't too long ago when Republicans made a promise to ourselves and to the American people that before we sent another dollar, another dime, another nickel, another penny to Ukraine, we would ensure that our own house…

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Bill Lee
@billlee· Republican · TN· Apr 23, 2024

If the objection is that my proposal is somehow not germane, then I will offer up another amendment. I want to bring up Lee amendment No. 1857 for consideration. It would ensure that the repayment of the loan Congress seems so determined…

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Bill Lee
@billlee· Republican · TN· Apr 23, 2024

Mr. President, the pending measure, the House message to accompany H.R. 815, contains an emergency designation: on page 12, lines 3 through 6, and another emergency designation on page 12, lines 12 through 15. I, therefore, raise a point…

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Bill Lee
@billlee· Republican · TN· Apr 23, 2024

Next, I am going to call up, in a moment, Lee amendment No. 1882 for consideration. If we are genuinely concerned about security, let's just start by securing our own citizens' personal information, securing it from foreign adversaries. My…

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Bill Lee
@billlee· Republican · TN· Apr 23, 2024

Mr. President, we just heard the astounding claim that it would be a waste of time to allow individual Senators to come here and do what they were elected to do, which is to offer improvements to pending legislation. We are not a…

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Bill Lee
@billlee· Republican · TN· Apr 23, 2024

I echo and endorse the wise comments just uttered by my friend and colleague, the distinguished Senator from Missouri. What we are witnessing here is the destruction of the legislative process in the Senate. The Senate is here today…

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Bill Lee
@billlee· Republican · TN· Apr 23, 2024

Mr. President, it is profoundly distressing--disappointing, to say the least--that these commonsense amendments have been so cavalierly objected to and have been met only with one-word objections. Although my amendment to strike the…

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