Marsha Blackburn
Recent News About Marsha Blackburn
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Blackburn Honored As Champion Of Health Care Innovation
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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Blackburn Calls for Inquiry Into Chinese Surveillance on American Soil
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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Blackburn, Graham, Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation To Combat 'Smash-And-Grab'
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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Blackburn Applauds SCOTUS Decision Striking Down Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), who led over 40 of her Senate Republican colleagues in an amicus brief to the Supreme Court, released the following statement on the court’s decision.
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Blackburn, Barrasso Lead Effort To Lower Prices at the Pump
U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), and seven other Republican Senators introduced legislation to lower energy prices for American families by repealing the $10.5 billion “Superfund Tax” on American energy production.
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Blackburn, Hagerty, Colleagues Urge Biden Officials to Sanction Mexican State and Local Officials Enabling Drug Cartels
U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) led their colleagues in sending a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the Biden Administration to use every diplomatic tool available to persuade the Mexican government to counter the national security threat posed by Mexican drug cartels.
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Blackburn & Blumenthal Demand Meta Answer for Instagram’s Failures to Protect Children from Predators & Exploitation
Following reporting by The Wall Street Journal about Instagram hosting and connecting a vast network of pedophiles and child sexual abuse material (CSAM), U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), authors of the Kids Online Safety Act, demanded Meta answer for its failures to protect children on its platforms and efforts to stop and report the heinous crimes.
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TikTok Confirms To Blackburn And Blumenthal That Some U.S. User Data Is Stored In China
In response to a probe by U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), TikTok confirmed they do store some U.S. user data in Communist China.
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Blackburn Statement On Hunter Biden Charges
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following statement on the DOJ’s deal with Hunter Biden:
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Blackburn Calls For Special Counsel To Investigate Biden Family Corruption
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) today led a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland calling on him to appoint a special counsel to investigate any wrongdoing by President Biden and his family in their business dealings.
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Under Blackburn Questioning, FBI Admits Biden Bribery Scandal Cover Up
Under questioning by U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate admitted the agency covered up 17 recordings of Joe and Hunter Biden with a Burisma executive who allegedly paid President Biden $5 million.
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Blackburn Leads Bill To Ensure Tennessee Transportation Sector COVID Grants Are Tax Exempt
Given the important role tourism and entertainment play in Tennessee, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure the transportation industry is not faced with exorbitant tax fees on grants they received during the pandemic.
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Blackburn Statement On Secretary Blinken's Visit To Communist China
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following statement on Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Beijing:
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Blackburn Heads Effort To Protect American Innovators From Intellectual Property Theft
U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.), Cynthia Lummis (Wyo.), and Tommy Tuberville (Ala.) introduced legislation to protect the intellectual property of American life sciences innovators from falling into the hands of foreign adversaries like Communist China.
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**ICYMI** Blackburn Warns Of CCP’s Use Of AI To Abuse Human Rights, Target Citizens
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, warned of authoritarian governments like the Chinese Communist Party using artificial intelligence (AI) to further their surveillance operations.
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Bipartisan Senators Call On Uber, Lyft To Take Action To Prevent Human Trafficking On Ride-Hailing Apps
Following a recent announcement that Uber will allow minors to request rides and travel without an accompanying adult, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Josh Hawley (R-MO), and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) called on ride-hailing apps Uber and Lyft to take additional steps to prevent their services from being used to transport victims of human traffickin
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Blackburn Introduces Legislation to Help Americans Recover from Natural Disasters
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) introduced bipartisan legislation with Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), John Kennedy (R-La.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) to provide relief for impacted taxpayers in states that have issued state-level disaster declarations.
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Blackburn, Warner Work To Limit Chinese Drones In U.S.
U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) introduced bipartisan legislation focused on limiting the presence of foreign-produced drones in the United States.
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Blackburn Statement On DOJ’s Indictment Of President Trump
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following statement on the DOJ’s indictment of President Donald Trump:
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Blackburn Introduces Legislation Requiring Familial DNA Testing At Southern Border
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) on June 7 re-introduced the End Child Trafficking Now Act, which would require a DNA test to determine the relationship between illegal immigrants coming across the border and any accompanying children.