Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 22, 2021) - Today, Rep. Tim Burchett (TN-02), Rep. Gerry Connolly (VA-11), the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12), the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (IL-16) reintroduced the Passport Backlog Elimination Act, bipartisan legislation to eliminate the passport processing backlog created by the coronavirus pandemic.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 22, 2021) – Today, U.S. Representative Tim Burchett (TN-02) called out the U.S. Bureau of Consular Affairs for its slow processing of passport applications and lack of communication regarding the status of applications.
In a letter to Ian G. Brownlee, Acting Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Consular Affairs, Rep. Burchett conveyed confusion is growing among East Tennesseans due to insufficient information about their passport applications.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (June 11, 2021) – Summer Ratledge from Maryville High School will represent Tennessee's Second Congressional District in the U.S. Capitol as the winner of the 2021 Congressional Art Competition, U.S. Representative Tim Burchett (TN-02) announced this afternoon.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (June 11, 2021) – Today, U.S. Representative Tim Burchett (TN-02) and U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) introduced the Trade-Related Intellectual Property Protection (TRIPP) Act, legislation focused on protecting intellectual property (IP) for medical innovations like coronavirus vaccines.
Burchett, colleagues call for investigation into PACBI's financial links to terror groups
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (June 10, 2021) – Today, U.S. Representatives Tim Burchett (TN-02), Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27), and Greg Steube (FL-17) are calling for an investigation into the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel's (PACBI) financial ties to foreign terrorist organizations affiliated with the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
- Tuesday, June 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m at Bean Station City Hall, 785 Main Street, Bean Station
- Monday, June 14 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
