Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 18, 2021) – On the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives this morning, U.S. Representative Tim Burchett (TN-02) set the record straight regarding the ongoing terrorist attacks against Israel.
Rep. Burchett reminded his House colleagues during his remarks that the recent attacks against Israel are driven by hatred and anti-Semitism on the part of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (P.I.J.), two groups that President Bill Clinton's State Department listed as foreign terrorist organizations in 1997.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 13, 2021) – Today, U.S. Representative Tim Burchett (TN-02) is calling on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to remove all COVID-19 restrictions in the U.S. House of Representatives.
In a letter to Speaker Pelosi, Rep. Burchett says the Speaker's strict COVID-19 restrictions are no longer necessary given new U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance on masks.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 11, 2021) – Today, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced Tennessee will opt out of the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program on July 3. U.S. Representative Tim Burchett (TN-02) released the following statement regarding Gov. Lee's announcement:
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (May 7, 2021) – U.S. Representative Tim Burchett (TN-02) is renewing his call for the Department of Justice to investigate pharmaceutical companies over allegedly fixing the price of insulin. Insulin prices have nearly tripled over the last decade despite the price of production staying the same.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 16, 2021) – Today, H.R. 1487, the Microloan Transparency and Accountability Act, passed the U.S. House of Representatives. This is the first bill authored by U.S. Representative Tim Burchett (TN-02) to pass the House during the 117th Congress.
Ahead of H.R. 1487's passage, Rep. Burchett spoke on the House floor about how his legislation increases access to capital for America's small business owners:
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 15, 2021) – Today, U.S. Representative Tim Burchett (TN-02) introduced the Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds Congressional Gold Medal Act. The entire Tennessee U.S. House delegation—Reps. Diana Harshbarger (TN-01), Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Scott DesJarlais (TN-04), Jim Cooper (TN-05), John Rose (TN-06), Mark Green (TN-07), David Kustoff (TN-08), and Steve Cohen (TN-09)—are signed on as original cosponsors. U.S.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (April 1, 2021) – U.S. Representative Tim Burchett (TN-02) released the following statement regarding President Joe Biden's proposal to increase taxes on Americans to pay for new federal spending on infrastructure:
