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Cortes: 'Fauci was a malevolent megalomaniac'

By Volunteer State News Report | Sep 13, 2023

Steve Cortes, spokesman for the Never Back Down PAC, praised podcaster Megyn Kelly for challenging Donald Trump on his presidential commendation to Tony Fauci for COVID MRNA injection.

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Steve Cortes: 'For the first time ever, the majority of Credit Card customers rollover their debt monthly'

By Volunteer State News Report | Aug 28, 2023

Spokesperson and League of American Workers founder Steve Cortes took to Platform X to share his disbelief on a recent JD Power press release showcasing the increasing amount of debt the average American has taken on amidst the inflation rates and cost of living increases.

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Hagerty: 'It is vital that the United States work to counter the CCP’s efforts to gain a strategic foothold'

By Volunteer State News Report | Jul 28, 2023

Tennessee Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) was joined by fellow lawmakers to issue a bipartisan statement to present the "Inter-American Development Bank Transparency Act", which has a focus on curbing the Chinese Communist Party's influence and coercive activities in Latin America. According to a July 25 release by the Select Committee on the CCP, this has a particular emphasis on the Inter-American Development Bank.

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Tennessee Attorney General Skrmetti Sues Six Online Businesses in Federal Court to Halt Illicit Liquor Shipments

By Volunteer State News Report | Jul 15, 2023

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti on July 14 filed a federal lawsuit to immediately stop the flow of illegal liquor shipments facilitated by six unlicensed out-of-state defendants

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Gov. Lee Names Tennessee Nuclear Energy Advisory Council Appointees

By Volunteer State News Report | Jul 15, 2023

Council recommendations to drive continued nuclear energy innovation & investment across Tennessee

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Attorney General Skrmetti Co-Leads Multistate Coalition Educating Fortune 100 Companies Concerning Racially Discriminatory Employment and Contracting Practices

By Volunteer State News Report | Jul 14, 2023

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti co-lead a 13-state coalition with Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach to raise awareness of laws prohibiting racially discriminatory employment and contracting practices with Fortune 100 companies

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Attorney General Skrmetti Joins Coalition in Brief Asking U.S. Supreme Court to Restore Accountability for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

By Volunteer State News Report | Jul 13, 2023

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a 27-state coalition in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a lower court’s ruling that found Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) unprecedented funding mechanism unconstitutional

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Tennessee Attorney General Responds to Sixth Circuit’s Decision in L.W. v Skrmetti

By Volunteer State News Report | Jul 12, 2023

On July 8, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals granted Tennessee’s emergency motion for a stay of the preliminary injunction in L.W. v. Skrmetti

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Hagerty On Biden Admin Collusion With Big Tech: They’re Fighting To Continue Censoring Americans

By Volunteer State News Report | Jul 12, 2023

United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today led a press conference at the U.S. Capitol to denounce the Biden Administration for colluding with Big Tech to censor Americans in violation of the First Amendment and continuing to fight in court to maintain this censorship ability while urging Senate Democrats to stop blocking passage of his Disclose Government Censorship Act.

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Hagerty, Cruz, Colleagues Call On Blinken To Reverse Biden Administration’s New Antisemitic Israel Boycott

By Volunteer State News Report | Jul 12, 2023

United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), along with 13 other Senate Republican colleagues, in sending a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling on him to rescind discriminatory guidance issued by the State Department halting bilateral scientific and technological cooperation in certain Israeli-held territories.

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Blackburn Honored As Champion Of Health Care Innovation

By Volunteer State News Report | Jul 12, 2023

U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee and co-chair of the Senate Rural Health Caucus, was honored as a “Champion of Health Care Innovation” by the Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC) for her ongoing support of patient-centered medical progress.

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Hagerty, Kelly, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill To Remove Bureaucratic Barriers To American Production Of Semiconductors

By Volunteer State News Report | Jul 11, 2023

United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ), along with Senators Todd Young (R-IN) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH), as well as U.S. Representatives Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02), Scott Peters (D-CA-50), Brandon Williams (R-NY-22), Colin Allred (D-TX-32), and Michael McCaul (R-TX-10), today introduced the Building Chips in America Act, legislation that will maximize efforts to bring microchip manufacturing back to America through commonsense reforms that remove unnecessary bureaucratic obstacles.

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Hagerty, Blackburn, Colleagues Call For Inquiry Into Chinese Surveillance On American Soil

By Volunteer State News Report | Jul 11, 2023

United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), along with six other Senate Republican colleagues, in sending a letter to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray and Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice (DOJ) Matthew Olsen calling for an immediate inquiry into the issue of Chinese surveillance in the United States.

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Blackburn Calls for Inquiry Into Chinese Surveillance on American Soil

By Volunteer State News Report | Jul 11, 2023

U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) led a letter to Director of the FBI Christopher Wray and Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice Matthew Olsen calling for an immediate inquiry into the issue of Chinese surveillance in the United States.

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Attorney General Skrmetti Joins 25-State Coalition Opposing President Biden’s Attack on Gas-Powered Vehicles

By Volunteer State News Report | Jul 7, 2023

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti today joined 24 states in challenging new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations on tailpipe emissions

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Blackburn, Graham, Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation To Combat 'Smash-And-Grab'

By Volunteer State News Report | Jul 6, 2023

U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R- Tenn.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) led their colleagues in reintroducing the Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) Protection Act of 2023 to address the unacceptably high number of “smash-and-grab” thefts targeted at federally licensed gun dealers.

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Analysis: Tennessee ranked #5 for gun sales in 2022

By Volunteer State News Report | Jul 5, 2023

Tennessee ranked #5 for gun sales in 2022, with an estimated 662,695 guns sold, according to federal data compiled in a new report by SafeHome.org.

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TN AG Skrmetti Files Motion for Emergency Stay of the Injunction in L.W., et al. v. Skrmetti, et al.

By Volunteer State News Report | Jul 4, 2023

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti filed a motion for an emergency stay with the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in response to the temporary partial injunction imposed by the district court in L.W. v. Skrmetti

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Gov. Lee Launches ‘Tri-Stars and Stripes’ Council

By Volunteer State News Report | Jul 4, 2023

Executive Order 102 to make Tennessee the leading state for military and veterans

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Gov. Lee Announces Appointments to Key Boards & Commissions

By Volunteer State News Report | Jul 3, 2023

On June 30, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced appointees to a series of key state boards and commissions