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News from June 2023

Blackburn Introduces Legislation Requiring Familial DNA Testing At Southern Border

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 7, 2023

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.

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Blackburn, Blumenthal Probe TikTok Over Storing Sensitive Data In China

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 7, 2023

U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) sent a letter to TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew demanding immediate answers on reports his company allowed private data about American users to be stored and accessed in China.

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How many 85 and older-year-olds died in Tennessee during week ending May 20?

By Volunteer State News | Jun 7, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 316 individuals age 85 and older died during the week ending May 20.

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Hagerty, Colleagues Implore Biden Administration To Nullify Rule That Will Exacerbate Transformer Shortages, Jeopardize National Security, And Weaken Supply Chains And Workforce

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 6, 2023

United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) on june 1 led 47 of his colleagues in a bipartisan letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm, raising their concern about a proposed rule by the DOE that increases efficiency standards on distribution transformers—critical grid products—at a time when the availability of essential grid components remains a significant challenge for the electric power industry, and while the industry is struggling due to a substantial increase in demand, supply chain issues, and skilled workforce shortage.

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360 people in 75-84 age group in Tennessee are estimated to have died during week ending May 20

By Volunteer State News | Jun 6, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 360 people in the 75-84 age group died during the week ending May 20.

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Blackburn Presses Former Obama Chief Of Staff On Russian Collusion Involvement

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 6, 2023

U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) sent a letter to Veterans Affairs Secretary and former chief of staff to President Obama, Denis McDonough, to press him on his involvement in the Russian collusion hoax.

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Blackburn Statement On Raising The Debt Limit

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 6, 2023

U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following statement after announcing she will be voting against increasing the debt limit.

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End of life: Tennessee deaths during week ending May 20 did not exceed death expectancy

By Volunteer State News | Jun 6, 2023

Tennessee's death count did not exceed death expectancy during the week ending May 20, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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CDC estimates 285 people in 65-74 age group in Tennessee died during week ending May 20

By Volunteer State News | Jun 5, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 285 people in the 65-74 age group died during the week ending May 20.

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Blackburn, Luján, Risch, Durbin Announce New Senate National Labs Caucus

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 5, 2023

U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), James Risch (R-Idaho), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) announced the creation of a new Senate National Labs Caucus.

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Hagerty Asks Why Biden Administration Is Delaying Expanded Export Controls On Huawei

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 5, 2023

United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking and Foreign Relations Committees, yesterday pressed Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration Thea Rozman Kendler on the Biden Administration’s reported delay of a far-reaching measure to revoke U.S. export licenses related to Huawei Technologies, the Chinese state-directed telecommunications company that seeks to dominate 5G, cloud computing services, and other next-general technological domains.

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Blackburn, Senate Republicans Introduce Legislation to Recover Hundreds of Billions in Unchecked Unemployment Fraud

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 5, 2023

U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) led Senate Republicans in reintroducing legislation to help recover funds lost to unemployment insurance (UI) fraud and provide incentives for states to recover fraudulent payments.

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Icymi—Hagerty Joins Mornings With Maria On Fox Business To Discuss Debt Ceiling Deal, Banking Legislation, Biden Administration’s Weakness Against Communist China

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 5, 2023

United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations, Banking, and Foreign Relations Committees and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, on may 30 joined Mornings With Maria on Fox Business to discuss the debt ceiling deal between Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden, his legislation to relieve stress in the banking system, and the Biden Administration’s failure to deal with Communist China from a position of strength.

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CDC predicts 235 people in 45-64 age group in Tennessee died during week ending May 20

By Volunteer State News | Jun 4, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 235 people in the 45-64 age group died during the week ending May 20.

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Hispanic deaths in Tennessee decrease to 24 in week ending May 13

By Volunteer State News | Jun 4, 2023

There were 24 Hispanic people who died in Tennessee in the week ending May 13, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Tennessee deaths did not exceed upper threshold of death expectancy during week ending May 20

By Volunteer State News | Jun 4, 2023

Tennessee's death count did not exceed the upper threshold of death expectancy during the week ending May 20, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Week ending May 20 could be deadliest for people in 25-44 age group in Tennessee

By Volunteer State News | Jun 3, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 70 people in the 25-44 age group died during the week ending May 20.

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TN AG Skrmetti Joins Multistate Brief in Lawsuit against Florida School District Undermining Parental Rights

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 2, 2023

Tennessee Attorney General Skrmetti joined a coalition of 21 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of two Florida parents who were stripped of their fundamental and longstanding right to direct the upbringing and care of their child when officials at Leon County Schools secretly held meetings with their child about gender identity

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ACRU’s Lori Roman: 'We applaud' Tennessee policymakers who 'fight to preserve and maintain constitutional rights like permitless carry'

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 1, 2023

The head of the American Constitutional Rights Union (ACRU) has called Tennessee's policy of allowing citizens to carry concealed weapons without a permit an affirmation of citizens' rights to keep and bear arms.

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“FOREIGN TRAVEL FINANCIAL REPORTS” published by Congressional Record in the Senate section on May 30

By Volunteer State News | Jun 1, 2023

“FOREIGN TRAVEL FINANCIAL REPORTS“ was published in the Senate section on pages S1790-S1803 on May 30