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Presented April 27 during GMA's spring Lobby Day on Capitol Hill, Fleischmann was cited as a "friend of the geosynthetics industry" for his efforts to include geosynthetics language in the far-reaching transportation bill that was signed by President Obama last December.

U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann is convinced that crushing terrorist groups like the Islamic State will not only involve defeating them on the battlefield, it will mean beating them in the propaganda war, too.

Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn., the bill's chief sponsor, said it would help prevent attacks such as a shooting at a Chattanooga reserve center last year that killed four Marines and a sailor. The FBI said the killer was inspired by foreign terrorists.

Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn., said his bill would urge the Dept. of Homeland Security to use testimonials from former or estranged jihadis, effectively countering the ISIS message.

U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn., heralded the restart of work on the lock today during a press conference at the Chickamauga Lock in Hixson. "This is a great day for the great state of Tennessee," Fleischmann told local and Army Corps of Engineers officials. "I pledged when I ran for Congress to try to fix what is broken in Washington."

U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann said Friday he's encouraged by the Navy's response to the request to name a ship the USS Chattanooga in honor of the five servicemen slain in a terrorist attack in the East Tennessee city last summer.