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Blackburn Sworn In to 113th Congress
Jan 3, 2013 -
Congressman Marsha Blackburn (TN-7) today was sworn in to the 113th Congress. Vice-Chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee and Member of the Committee on the Budget, Congressman Blackburn said the following: “I am looking forward to getting to work in the 113th Congress. We’ve got an agenda of cu...
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Blackburn Rejects Devastating Tax Increases, Calls for Fiscal Sanity
Jan 1, 2013 -
Congressman Marsha Blackburn (TN-7) issued the following statement on her vote in opposition to the so-called deal to avert the fiscal cliff by imposing devastating tax increases without including any meaningful spending reductions to address our nation's debt crisis. “Speaker Boehner and our leader...
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Republicans Demand White House Not Issue Cybersecurity Executive Order
Dec 21, 2012 -
Representatives Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Steve Scalise (R-LA) today called on President Obama to refrain from unilaterally issuing an Executive Order on cybersecurity. In a letter signed by 46 Members of Congress, they expressed their concern that ignoring Congress and issuing top-down standards ...
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Blackburn Named Vice Chair of Energy & Commerce Committee
Nov 28, 2012 -
Congressman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today was selected by Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) to serve as Vice Chair of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which has jurisdiction over health care, energy regulation, manufacturing, and telecommunications issues. “I am honored to have been chosen by Ch...
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Blackburn Condemns TSA's Collective Bargaining Agreement
Nov 9, 2012 -
Congressman Marsha Blackburn (TN-7) today issued the following statement condemning the Transportation Security Administration’s collective bargaining agreement. “By agreeing to this deal, the TSA is putting the safety and security of American passengers at risk by allowing federal unions to claim a...
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Blackburn Calls On EPA Administrator Jackson To Comply With Law
Nov 1, 2012 -
In a letter to Administrator Lisa Jackson today, Congressman Marsha Blackburn (TN-7) called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to comply with the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 and produce delinquent semiannual reports. The EPA is currently in non-comliance with the law since it failed...
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Blackburn Statement on House Passage of the Stop the War on Coal Act
Sep 21, 2012 -
Congressman Marsha Blackburn (TN-7) today issued the following statement in support of the Stop the War on Coal Act. “There is a war being waged on energy and on coal in this country, but it’s not being waged from abroad, it’s coming from our own government. The legislation approved by the House tod...
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Blackburn Calls for Service for 9/11 Remembrance
Sep 11, 2012 -
Congressman Marsha Blackburn (TN-7) issued the following statement in remembrance of the September 11th, 2001 terror attacks: “It’s important that we remember the acts of goodness, the acts of service, and the acts of total devotion given by the best of America on September 11, 2001. We can and shou...
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