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January 22, 2025
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03) released the following statement following the final passage of the Laken Riley Act in the House of Representatives.
January 17, 2025

The Tennessee Valley Authority, in collaboration with a coalition of utilities, industry leaders and state officials, is spearheading efforts to accelerate what may be the nation's first commercial small modular reactor.

January 16, 2025

Washington, DC – Congressman Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Chairman of Energy and Water Appropriations, released the following statement strongly supporting President Donald J. Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE), Chris Wright, after his confirmation hearing in the Senate.

January 8, 2025
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03) voted on January 7, 2025, to pass H.R. 29, the Laken Riley Act, which passed the House of Representatives with a bipartisan 264-159 vote.
January 7, 2025

A top appropriator is launching a broad bipartisan energy caucus as the Republican trifecta in Washington plans to focus on the issue.

Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) said Monday he filed paperwork to form a new congressional caucus to cover “all-of-the-above” energy policy.

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 20, 2024
Washington, DC – Congressman Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Chairman of Energy and Water Appropriations, released the following statement following House passage of H.R. 10545, the American Relief Act, 2025.
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.
November 25, 2024
Energy and Water Appropriations Chairman Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03) applauded the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) approval for Kairos Power to build the Hermes 2 Demonstration Plant with two new nuclear reactors in Oak Ridge at the Heritage Center Industrial Park.
September 20, 2024
Today, U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03) voted to pass H.R. 9106, the Enhanced Presidential Security Act of 2024, which directs the United States Secret Service (USSS) to use the same uniform standards to determine the number of agents and resources in a protection detail for Presidents, Vice Presidents, and major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates. As the current Republican nominee for President of the United States, this essential legislation would increase protection for former President Donald Trump.