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Marsha Blackburn is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Tennessee since January 3, 2019. A member of the Republican Party, she previously represented Tennessee's 7th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from January 7, 2003, to January 3, 2019. Blackburn has been an advocate for conservative policies, focusing on issues such as healthcare, tax reform, and technology regulation. She has been vocal on various national issues, often emphasizing her commitment to protecting individual liberties and promoting economic growth.
I am so thrilled we are beginning our day talking about doing good things for other people. Today, I rise to recognize and to pay tribute to the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Tomorrow, April 24, is recognized as Federation Day, and…
We can and we must do better for these babies. Our goal is to improve the Federal Government response to this crisis.
we are going to continue to look at this problem of prescription drug and heroin abuse because it has skyrocketed.
Addiction and deaths due to overdose are just the tip of the iceberg in terms of medical consequences of this problem.
At this time I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Jolly), one of our colleagues from the Appropriations Committee handling Commerce, Justice, Science appropriations.
I think it is so important for us to note that the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Marino) has been the primary author of this legislation and has brought to the table to work on this bill his experience of 7 years as a U.S. attorney--10…
At this time I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Costello), a member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee who has worked through this issue with some veterans.
I appreciate the recognition and the opportunity to revise and extend my remarks and to address the body of the House. Mr. Speaker, as my colleagues all know, this is the week that the American people will strike that check to the Internal…
As America withdraws from the international community, countries like Russia are becoming increasingly brazen.
I ask the members of this committee to once again pay close attention to restoring the Army Flying Hours Program to its full capacity in fiscal year 2016.
If Fort Campbell is required to reduce its Active Duty personnel from 26,500 to 16,000, I worry about our ability to defend ourselves from threats and to project power internationally.
I want to thank Chairman Pitts for the work that he has done on this, as well as the other members of our committee. I do rise today in support of H.R. 2. I think every one of us have constituents who are Medicare enrollees who tell us the…
I thank the gentlewoman for the time. You see, when we talk about what will be accomplished by our budget and we talk about fairness, it is imperative that the spending be brought under control. What we are bringing forward is a way for us…
I want to thank Ms. Moore. She is still on the floor and serves on the Budget Committee with us. She is such a good, productive, and contributory member of that committee. I appreciate the perspective that she brings, and I know that she…
We all appreciate the 340B Program. We do have questions and we do have concerns.
The rapid growth in the program has raised concerns including the adequacy of oversight.
I was terribly disappointed to see the action of the Commission, to choose to take a vote, and choose to preempt state laws in Tennessee and North Carolina that restrict municipal broadband entry.
I do not think it is acceptable for the Commission to pass a net neutrality rule before the American people have the opportunity to find out what is in it.
the bill's inclusion of civil penalties is critical, and we are very supportive of that.
The reason it is important that we do something now is because 2014 was dubbed the Year of the Breach.
Thank you all, and I appreciate the conversation, and--that you would be here and weigh in on the discussion draft.
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