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600 rally for VA hospital in Harriman
In The News |An estimated 600 people jammed into and around the Kingston Pavilion off Highway 70 Friday to listen to three congressmen voice support for the proposal to convert the Roane Medical Center.
Fleischmann, DesJarlais vote to repeal health care law, again
In The News |Almost bookending their first terms in office, both Rep. Chuck Fleischmann and Rep. Scott DesJarlais joined their fellow Republican House members in casting additional votes to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law—two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that key provisions of the landmark bill were constitutional.
Brawling Over Health Care Moves to Rules on Exchanges
In The News |Critics of the new health care law, having lost one battle in the Supreme Court, are mounting a challenge to President Obama’s interpretation of another important provision, under which the federal government will subsidize health insurance for millions of low- and middle-income people.
Reps. Chuck Fleischmann, Scott DesJarlais vote to hold U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt
In The News |Joining their fellow Republicans and a few Democrats, freshmen Reps. Chuck Fleischmann and Scott DesJarlais voted to hold U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for withholding subpoenaed documents related to the controversial gun trafficking operation Fast and Furious.
DesJarlais Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Affordable Care Act
Press Release | Health CareRepresentative Scott DesJarlais, M.D. (TN-04) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to uphold the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate as a tax.
Rewriting The Obama Health Law Through Regulation?
In The News | Health CareIf the health law withstands the Supreme Court challenge, two physician legislators in Congress want to make sure the Obama administration doesn’t get away with its attempt to rewrite the law to fit its larger agenda.
DesJarlais Votes to Hold Attorney General Eric Holder in Contempt of Congress
Press Release |Representative Scott DesJarlais (TN-04) issued the following statement after the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress.
Reps. DesJarlais and Roe Introduce Legislation Disapproving of IRS Actions to Change Impasse Within Affordable Care Act
Press Release |Representatives Scott DesJarlais, M.D. (TN-04) and Phil Roe, M.D. (TN-01) introduced H.J.RES.112: Disapproving the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service relating to the health insurance premium tax credits.
It's Time to Unburden Business Owners of Federal Regulations
Blog | The EconomyBy Rep. Darrell Issa and Rep. Scott DesJarlais
It has been said before and it remains true: Small businesses are the backbone of our economy. Yet the Obama administration continues to bury American job creators with more and more red tape, and businesses are struggling to keep up.
ADVISORY: Oversight Committee Announces Murfreesboro, TN Field Hearing on Regulatory Effects on Job Creation
Press Release |House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today announced an official Congressional field hearing entitled, “Tennessee Job Creation: Do Federal Government Regulations Help or Hinder Tennessee’s Economic Development?” The hearing will begin at 9:00amCST on Monday, June 18, 2012 at S102 Business and Aerospace Building, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfree