Press Releases

Fleischmann and Commandant Neller
Host Media Opportunity Before Armed Forces Day Parade

Washington, D.C.— Congressman Chuck Fleischmann and General Robert B. Neller, Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, invite members of the media to a press conference on Friday,May 6, 2016, before they attend Chattanooga’s Armed Forces Day Parade. The Congressman and Commandant will give remarks and provide an opportunity for a brief Q&A session.

Fleischmann’s Bill H.R. 4820, the Combating Terrorist Recruitment
Act of 2016 Passes the House

Washington, D.C.— On Tuesday, April 26, 2016 Congressman Chuck Fleischmann’s bill H.R. 4820, the Combating Terrorist Recruitment Act of 2016, passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 322-79. Fleischmann’s legislation requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to utilize testimonials from former extremists and defectors to counter-message propaganda used in recruitment efforts of terrorist groups like ISIS.

The following statement can be attributed to Congressman Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN):

Washington, D.C.— On Monday, April 25, 2016 Congressman Chuck Fleischmann will visit with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ officials for an update and to observe the restart of work on Chickamauga Dam’s new lock. As a House Appropriator, Fleischmann has worked tirelessly to ensure that this project would receive the nearly $30 million needed for fiscal year 2016. Construction on the new lock provides relief for many worried about the condition of the current lock, which was built in the 1930s.

Date: Monday, April 25, 2016

Time: 11:00 a.m.

Fleischmann Invites High School Students to
Participate in Congressional Art Competition

Fleischmann Will Participate in Upcoming Nuclear Cleanup Event

Washington, D.C.− The House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus, a bipartisan caucus co-chaired by Representatives Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03) and Ben Lujan (NM-D), will be participating in an event focusing on high risk excess facilities at Department of Energy cleanup sites. Assistant Secretary of Energy Monica Regalbuto will outline the Department’s plans for deteriorating buildings that are a risk to public health and safety.

The following statement can be attributed to Congressman Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN):

WASHINGTON – In a letter today to Secretary of the U.S. Navy Ray Mabus, U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and U.S. Representatives Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) and Tom Graves (R-Ga.) asked the U.S. Navy to give “all due consideration to honoring the five servicemembers killed in Chattanooga, Tennessee on July 16, 2015 by naming an appropriate naval vessel the USS Chattanooga.”