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April 16, 2026

Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), released the statement below following his appearance prior to the Department of Energy’s third annual National Lab Research SLAM competition.

April 16, 2026

Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Chairman of the Energy and Water Appropriations Committee, lead a hearing to discuss the Department of Energy’s funding for the 2027 fiscal year. 

March 31, 2026

Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), released the following statement following the ribbon cutting at the University of Tennessee (UT) Medical Center clinic in Oneida, TN. 

January 23, 2026

Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Chairman of Energy and Water Appropriations, released the following statement following President Donald J. Trump signing Rep. Fleischmann’s Fiscal Year 2026 Energy and Water Development bill into law. President Trump’s signature follows overwhelming support for Chairman Fleischmann’s Energy and Water bill in the House, when it passed 419-6.

January 8, 2026

Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Chairman of Energy and Water Appropriations, released the following statement following passage of the Fiscal Year 2026 Energy and Water Appropriations Act in the House of Representatives. The House voted to pass Chairman Fleischmann’s bill by a vote of 397 to 28.

December 2, 2025
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Chairman of Energy and Water Appropriations, applauded today’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) of the selection of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and Holtec Government Services to support early deployments of next-generation Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) in the United States. Chairman Fleischmann established the $800 million federal cost-shared funding grant program in his Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Energy and Water bill.
November 12, 2025

Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Chairman of Energy and Water Appropriations, released the following statement after the House of Representatives voted to reopen the federal government, ending Chuck Schumer's and Democrats' longest government shutdown in history.

October 1, 2025

Chattanooga, TN – U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Chairman of Energy and Water Appropriations, released the following statement after Democrats recklessly shut down the federal government as of 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, October 1, 2025.

September 10, 2025

Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03) released the following statement following the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

September 4, 2025
Washington, DC – Today, the House of Representatives met to consider the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026. The measure was approved by a vote of 214 to 213.