WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2024: This week, the House Committee on Homeland Security, led by Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN), voted to report articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the House with a favorable recommendation. This historic vote was required because of Secretary Mayorkas' willful and systemic refus  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following commentary to the Washington Examiner on Feb. 2, 2024: * * * Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) penned an op-ed in The Washington Examiner laying out the compelling constitutional case for the Committee's articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. This comes after the Commi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2024: This week, U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) voted for three bills that would crack down on crime committed by illegal immigrants in the United States. The bills are listed below: * H.R. 6678, the Consequences for Social Security Fraud Act - Creates a new ground of inadmissibility and removability from the United States for illegal immigrants who commit social security fraud. * H.R  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Timothy Burchett, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Feb. 1, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) released a statement after voting in favor of the bipartisan Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act. "This package gives hardworking families relief and includes tax credits for small and medium-sized businesses that are struggling," said Rep. Burchett. "I'm glad we could get a bipartisan bill across the line that can do some go  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Feb. 2, 2024: * * * Today, Rep. Mark Green released the following statement regarding the Department of Homeland Security's notification that three Middle Tennessee communities could become a destination for more than 500 illegal immigrants: "Under President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas, every state is a border state. For three years, Americans and Tennesseans have suffered from this border crisis,  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2024: Yesterday, Representatives Diana Harshbarger (TN-01) and Juan Vargas (CA-52) introduced the United States-Abraham Accords Cooperation and Security Act, bipartisan legislation that will establish a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Abraham Accords bureau to provide guidance and technical assistance aimed at protecting our medical supply chains and ending our reliance on adversarial  more