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House passes 'mini-bills' for funding
In The News |As Congress groped its way through the first week of a government shutdown, the House in a controversial strategy passed bills to reopen national parks and other selected services… Rep. Scott DesJarlais, R-Tenn., voted for the bill.
DesJarlais: shutdown is expected to continue
In The News |On day three, U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais said Thursday afternoon during a telephone interview that the government shutdown could last for as long as it takes to defund or at least delay implementation of the Affordable Health Care for America Act.
TN veterans to take Honor Flight to Washington despite shutdown
In The News |The government shutdown has been a disappointment for many Americans but perhaps even more so for World War II veterans planning the trip of their lifetime… "Congressmen Scott DesJarlais, Diane Black and Marsha Blackburn, if need be, they will be there to move the barricades so this group can get in to see their memorial," Morse said.
Local school groups enjoying nation's capital despite shutdown
In The News |Nearly 80 schoolchildren and their 60-plus chaperones are making the best of their trips to Washington, D.C., in the face of the federal government’s shutdown… Campus School Principal Sherry King said her school’s travelers “are going as close to the monuments and memorials as possible.” “(Tuesday), as they approached the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, they were able to actually meet a few of the W
Rep. DesJarlais Statement on Government Shutdown
Press Release |Congressman Scott DesJarlais, M.D. (R-TN-04) released the following statement on the government shutdown:
“The people of Tennessee’s Fourth Congressional District are overwhelmingly opposed to the president’s health care law and have been vocal in asking me to hold the line in preventing its implementation.
Rep. DesJarlais Statement on Senate Passage of Continuing Resolution Funding ObamaCare
Press Release |Today the United States Senate passed a continuing resolution stripping the House provision defunding the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This legislation will now head over to the United States House of Representatives to be voted on over the weekend. Congressman Scott DesJarlais, M.D. (R-TN-04) released the following statement:
Shutdown prompts TN senators to shut offices, furlough staff
In The News |Republican Sens. Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker furloughed most of their employees and closed district offices all over Tennessee as a government shutdown began Tuesday… Spokespeople for the four central Tennessee House members — Democrat Jim Cooper and Republicans Diane Black, Marsha Blackburn and Scott DesJarlais — each said constituents deserve full service from their representatives.
Getting Things Right is More Important than Just Getting Along
Blog |Lately, some of my conservative colleagues and I have been attacked by both the mainstream media and the Washington, DC political establishment as being obstructionists who refuse to compromise. They decry our inability to play by Washington’s rules and do not understand why this new wave of Republicans can’t just get along.
House votes again to defund ObamaCare
In The News |The U.S. House voted last week for a stopgap bill that would keep the government running through mid-December, but also defund the landmark health care law… Rep. Scott DesJarlais, R-Tenn., voted for the stopgap spending bill that would defund the health law.
Reps. Chuck Fleischmann, Scott DesJarlais support government funding bill that defunds Affordable Care Act
In The News |Chattanooga-area congressmen voted with House Republicans to approve a government funding bill that strips monies marked for implementation of the Affordable Care Act, sending the bill to a Democratic-controlled Senate and threatening a shutdown of the federal government. Both Reps. Chuck Fleischmann and Scott DesJarlais supported the continuing resolution.