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News from 2023

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Teva, Allergan, CVS, and Walgreens Finalize Opioid Settlement Agreements

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 10, 2023

Tennessee to Receive $419 million to Fight the Opioid Crisis

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TN AG Jonathan Skrmetti Urges FCC to Clarify Rules Concerning Consent for Telemarketing Robocalls and Texts

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 9, 2023

Attorney General Skrmetti is joining a coalition of 28 state Attorneys General calling on the Federal Communications Commission to clarify the federal rules requiring telemarketers to obtain consent between an individual consumer and one specific seller or business entity before making telemarketing robocalls and texts

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Icymi—Hagerty Joins The Big Money Show On Fox Business To Discuss Coinbase Lawsuits, Chinese Spy Facility In Cuba

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 8, 2023

United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking and Foreign Relations Committees, today joined The Big Money Show on Fox Business to discuss the Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) lawsuits against Coinbase, its attempts to overregulate digital assets, and reports that Cuba has agreed to host a Chinese Spy Base.

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Senator Hagerty Urges Biden State Department To Commit To Ensuring Israel Qualifies For Visa Waiver Program

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 8, 2023

Program participation could result in 450,000 additional visitors from Israel to the United States over a three-year period, provide $3.6 billion of economic benefit to the United States, and support roughly 6,000 jobs

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Blackburn, Warner Work To Limit Chinese Drones In U.S.

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 8, 2023

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

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 8, 2023

U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following statement on the DOJ’s indictment of President Donald Trump:

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TN AG Skrmetti Sues Biden Administration over Unlawful Open-Borders Policies

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 8, 2023

As part of an 18-state coalition, Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti is suing the Biden administration over its proposed new “Circumvention of Lawful Pathways” rule

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Under Pressure From Hagerty, Democrat Election Official Admits Foreign-Funded Zuckerbucks 2.0 Are Bad For American Democracy

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 7, 2023

United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Rules Committee, today pressed Benjamin Hovland, Vice Chair of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC), on foreign influence in U.S. elections through a new form of Zuckerbucks: partisan, foreign-backed funding for local election administrators through the U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence.

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Hagerty, Blackburn, Colleagues Introduce Legislation Requiring Familial Dna Testing At Southern Border

By Volunteer State News Report | Jun 7, 2023

United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today joined Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), along with eight other Senate Republican colleagues, in reintroducing the End Child Trafficking Now Act, legislation that would require a DNA test to determine the relationship between illegal immigrants coming across the border and any accompanying children.

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.