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Tim Floyd Burchett is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who has served as the U.S. Representative for Tennessee's 2nd congressional district since January 3, 2019. Born on July 25, 1963, Burchett has been active in Tennessee politics for several years, previously serving as the Mayor of Knox County from 2010 to 2018. He has a background in local government, which has informed his approach to federal issues.
I want to congratulate the University of Tennessee's basketball programs on making their respective 2022 NCAA tournaments. By punching their tickets to the big dance, both the men's and women's teams built on UT athletics' long history of…
I greatly appreciate Chairman Johnson for heading this up day after day. I just wonder, have the Democrats been to the gas pumps lately? I used to love to go to the gas pumps and talk to folks to see what was going on. Now, honestly, I am…
I was leaving here when I met some of your family members on swearing-in day, and I know there is probably some proud chests stuck out and buttons busting everywhere, as my granddad used to say. So we welcome you in this new role. Madam…
I thank Mr. Johnson for his leadership. Madam Speaker, let me start off by offering my prayers to Ukraine, its people, and its leaders. I have asked my family to do that. Every night when we say our prayers, we pray for the people of…
On February 6, Bearden High School's dance team brought home another national championship from the Universal Dance Association's National Dance Team championship. The team earned its third national championship in the large varsity Game…
I appreciate the great work that Chairman Johnson has been doing on this for the last few weeks, and I look forward to working with him in the future. Six days ago, Mr. Speaker, I spoke about the fentanyl crisis in this Chamber. According…
Imagine you are an inventor with a new idea. You put a lot of time, effort, and money into everything it takes for your idea to become a reality. Finally, after all your hard work, you have a successful product. However, a foreign…
When we come to the floor to talk about the border crisis, it is a lot like the film Groundhog Day. If you listen closely, I think you can hear ``I Got You Babe'' by Sonny and Cher, and it is probably echoing through this Chamber as we…
We can all agree that it is wrong to murder a person, Mr. Speaker, or in other words to take someone's life. So my pro- abortion colleagues need to answer the simple question of when does a little baby girl's life start? Does it start at 6…
I thank the chairman. It is the great State of Tennessee. Madam Speaker, for the last year, Joe Biden and the Democrats have completely controlled our government in Washington. Their first order of business when they took power was to ram…
I thank the gentleman for yielding. I oppose this bill, Madam Speaker, because it is redundant and will grow a State Department bureaucracy that is already overgrown. This is the same State Department that already has two bureaus tasked…
Yesterday, our U.S. Supreme Court Justices held oral arguments in the Dobbs v. Jackson case, which addressed the constitutionality of Mississippi's law banning abortions after 15 weeks. It is time to get rid of the rules that prevent our…
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