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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.

• 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.

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.