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May 14, 2025

WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann sent a letter to Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Mike Johnson and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries asking lawmakers to extend a bipartisan invitation for Pope Leo XIV to address a joint session of Congress.

May 14, 2025

Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03) sent a letter today to Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries asking the bipartisan leaders to invite His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born Pope in history, to address a Joint Session of Congress.

May 9, 2025
It's Fleischmann Friday! Watch my video to hear me recap my work for YOU from this week, including conducting oversight of our Armed Forces, honoring the 80th Anniversary of VE Day, and leading a hearing for the Department of Energy's budget request.
May 2, 2025
Welcome to episode two of Fleischmann Friday! This week, I recap my previous two weeks traveling around our #TN03 community, President Trump's historic first 100 Days of his second term, my leadership as Energy and Water Appropriations Chairman to strengthen our nuclear deterrent, and my work to advance the Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act and the Take it Down Act through Congress.
February 5, 2025

U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03) joined Bloomberg TV's "Balance of Power" to discuss President Trump's and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's joint meeting, how President Trump is strengthening America's economic and foreign policy, and the Trump Administration's work to rein in the out-of-control, bloated, and unresponsive federal bureaucracy.

January 3, 2025
Washington, DC – Congressman Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Chairman of Energy and Water Appropriations, released the following statement after swearing in to serve Tennessee’s Third Congressional District in the 119th Congress.
December 12, 2024
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Chairman of Energy and Water Appropriations, voted to pass the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Rep. Fleischmann released the following statement applauding the passage of the FY25 NDAA and for the critical investments the NDAA makes in America’s nuclear security. As Chairman of Energy and Water Appropriations, Chairman Fleischmann is the leading advocate in Congress for strengthening and modernizing America’s nuclear triad and infrastructure.
May 1, 2024
U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03) released the following statement after voting to pass H.R. 6090, the Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023. Rep. Fleischmann co-sponsored the bill back in February and has strongly supported passage of the Antisemitism Awareness Act as, tragically, antisemitism has risen dramatically in the United States and globally in the aftermath of Hamas terrorists’ evil attacks on Israel and the Jewish People on October 7, 2023.
April 23, 2024

If Rep. Chuck Fleischmann's advocacy in Congress had to be summed up in a single word, it would be "nuclear."

That's not just nuclear power plants and nuclear weapons, but nuclear cleanup as well. Fleischmann's influence over nuclear projects is tied to his role as an appropriator in the House of Representatives overseeing funding to the Department of Energy.

April 17, 2024

Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, Chairman of the Energy and Water Subcommittee of Appropriations, was appointed to the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee and took part in his first Defense Hearing today, April 17, 2024.