For Immediate Release March 22, 2018 WASHINGTON - We have Republicans in the House, the Senate, and the White House. It's time we start to show some fiscal restraint. Our national debt is growing out of control, and we can't continue to pass these massive spending bills and expect future generations to deal with our negligence. I voted “no” for the 1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill, because Washington has a spending problem, and we cannot continue to kick this can down the road. Our deficits ar...
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Congressman Marsha Blackburn For Immediate Release January 18, 2018 WASHINGTON - Tonight, I voted to fund our troops, our seniors, and our children. The Democrats have proven once again, they will put the lives of millions of Americans, and their livelihoods, all at risk to fulfill their own political agenda. Republicans were very clear what they wanted: money for the border wall, end chain migration, end the visa lottery system. If the Democrats really cared about the Dreamers, they would have ...
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WASHINGTON—Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following statement following the Department of the Treasury’s Daily Treasury Statement showing the U.S. national debt jumped more than $317 billion to over $20 trillion after President Donald Trump signed legislation increasing the debt ceiling: “We have a duty to the hardworking taxpayers to be responsible stewards of their tax dollars. We cannot continue to kick the can down the road by adding to the debt while disregarding the reckless...
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WASHINGTON—Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) issued the following statement on President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement: “I applaud President Trump for his decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement. Simply put, it is a bad deal that placed political goals above the American people. Americans, American energy, American jobs, and the American economy must come first, and President Trump is staying true to his word to always act in the bes...
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U.S. Representatives Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Paul D. Tonko (D-NY) introduced the Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act of 2016. This legislation would make the use of computer hacking software (BOTS) to circumvent security measures employed by ticketing sites an “unfair and deceptive practice” under the Federal Trade Commission Act. It would also create a private right of action whereby parties harmed by bots can sue in federal court to recover damages. “Scalpers have been taking advantage o...
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Congressman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) released the following statement on House passage of H. Res. 639, which authorizes the Speaker of the House to file an amicus brief in the Supreme Court case of United States v. Texas, which addresses the President’s unconstitutional executive amnesty programs. “The President’s decision to nullify the immigration laws of this country through executive action hurts our economy, leads to more unemployed American citizens, and makes us less secure. It signals tha...
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Congressman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) has been leading the fight in Congress against the Obama Administration’s Net Neutrality regulations since they were first proposed in 2010 by Former Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski. Despite being struck down by a Federal Appeals Court in January of 2014, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler pushed forward in an effort to implement President Obama’s Net Neutrality rules. In the 112th, 113th and 114th Congress, Blackburn introduced the I...
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Congressman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today issued the following statement in response to House passage of H.R. 2017, the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015, bipartisan legislation which the Congressman co-sponsored. The bill would protect Tennessee’s small restaurants, franchises and grocery stores from unnecessary costs and regulatory burdens associated with the menu labeling rules under Obamacare. The President’s healthcare law contains a rule requiring the FDA to ensure that restaur...
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Congressman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today issued the following statement after the Supreme Court temporarily blocked one of the key rules in President Obama’s regulatory war on coal. “There is a war being waged on energy and on coal in this country, but it’s not being waged from abroad, it’s coming from our own government. Affordable, reliable energy is critical for American jobs and economic growth, but the President would rather force his liberal climate agenda than protect the pockets of hard...
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Congressman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s FY2017 budget proposal that would increase spending by $2.5 trillion and raise taxes on hardworking Americans by $3.4 trillion over the next ten years. “The President’s reckless budget proposal would more than double the national debt from what it was when he took office. Instead of focusing on spending, we need to confront our national debt in a fiscally responsible manner. It is shameful the Pre...
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