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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (September 27, 2024) – Today, the Air Force informed members of the Tennessee delegation that McGhee-Tyson Air National Guard Base advanced in the basing decision for the new KC-46 tanker. The list of possible bases was cut from 15 to 7.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 26, 2024) – U.S. Reps. Tim Burchett (TN-02) and Morgan McGarvey (KY-03) reintroduced the bipartisan Prison to Proprietorship for the Formerly Incarcerated Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C., (Sept. 23, 2024) – U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) sent a letter to House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (KY-01) requesting he bring in Dan Bongino to testify in a hearing on the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) security failures that led to two assassination attempts on former President Trump.
It is common knowledge that the Afghanistan withdrawal was a complete disaster, but lots of people do not know that the Biden administration has been sending cash to the Taliban every week since then.
WASHINGTON, D.C., (Sept. 11, 2024) – U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) introduced a bill to support a platform for political opposition to the Taliban.
WASHINGTON, D.C., (Sept. 10th, 2024) – Today, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, hosted a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony to honor the lives of the 13 American servicemembers who were tragically killed in the Kabul Airport terrorist attack that occurred on August 26, 2021 during the final days of the Afghanistan withdrawal.
Rep. Burchett was in attendance with other lawmakers from both chambers of Congress.
WASHINGTON, D.C., (Sept. 9, 2024) – Today, U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) introduced the Saving the Integrity of Ethics in Government (SIEG) Act. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul (TX-10) is an original cosponsor of the bill.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., (August 8, 2024) – Today, U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) wrote to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator David P. Pekoske regarding a report that former presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard was placed on a suspected-terrorist watchlist.
WASHINGTON, D.C., (July 25, 2024) – Today, U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) released the following statement after voting in favor of creating a bipartisan task force to investigate the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump at a July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
WASHINGTON, D.C., (July 23, 2024) – Today, U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) released the following statement after Kimberly Cheatle resigned from her position as Director of the United States Secret Service.