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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. 

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.
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.
July 18, 2025
Washington, DC – The House Appropriations Committee met to consider the Fiscal Year 2026 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, led by Energy and Water Appropriations Chairman Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03). The bill was approved by the Committee with a vote of 35 to 27. Approval of Rep. Fleischmann’s FY26 Energy and Water Appropriations bill by the Appropriations Committee is a key step before the bill can be brought to the House Floor for a vote.
July 15, 2025

Washington, DC – The House Appropriations Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Subcommittee met yesterday evening to consider the Fiscal Year 2026 Energy and Water bill written by Chairman Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03). The bill was approved by the Subcommittee by a 10-5 vote, sending the bill to the full Appropriations Committee for consideration. Subcommittee passage is the key first step in the legislative process for the FY26 Energy and Water bill to become law.

July 3, 2025

Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann(TN-03), Chairman of Energy and Water Appropriations, released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives completed final passage of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, sending it to President Donald Trump to sign into law, delivering the America First agenda that Tennesseeans and Americans voted for in November 2024.

May 22, 2025
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Energy and Water Appropriations Chairman, released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, that delivers President Trump’s America First Agenda.
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.