The Blackburn Report: Confirming President Trump's Cabinet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqtA5r3Rwts As President Trump wraps up his second week in office, Senate Republicans have worked overtime to confirm his cabinet picks as quickly as possible. This week, we moved Health and Human Services Secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Commerce Secretary nominee Howard Lutnick, and FBI director nominee Kash Patel forward in the confirmation process. President Trump has picked an exemplary cabinet, and the American people have spoken: they want to see real change in our institutions. I look forward to voting for all of these nominees and putting our 47th President’s team fully in place.  Weekly Rundown   Tennessean Roddie Edmonds’ bravery saved the lives of hundreds of Jewish-American soldiers during World War II, and his valor deserves official commendation. On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I introduced the Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds Congressional Gold Medal Act, which would posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Master Sergeant Roderick “Roddie” Edmonds in recognition of his heroic actions during World War II. Read more here.  This week, I released a statement on my legislative priorities for the budget reconciliation package. I support President Trump’s efforts to limit the power of unelected bureaucrats in Washington and to hold federal agencies accountable for how they spend Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars, and I’m fighting to secure big wins for Tennesseans in the upcoming reconciliation package. Read more here. Tens of millions of families and small businesses across the country use wireless routers as their primary access point to the internet. This week, I introduced legislation to safeguard Americans' communications networks from technology controlled by foreign adversaries, including routers and modems. Read more here. This week, I sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr to sound the alarm on the exploitative practice of radio stations and networks offering an artist more airtime in exchange for performing a free show. I am writing to bring attention to an issue critically impacting Tennessee’s content creators, particularly songwriters and musicians. Read more here. I also introduced the American Music Fairness Act to ensure artists are paid for the use of their songs on AM and FM radio stations.    Marsha's Roundup Watch My Senate Committee Hearings and Interviews Below      Meeting With Marsha Senator Blackburn with members of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities Senator Blackburn with German students from the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program Senator Blackburn and Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters Senators Blackburn and Hagerty at Tennessee Tuesday ICYMI Earlier this month, I introduced bipartisan legislation to provide relief for impacted taxpayers in states that have issued state-level disaster declarations. Currently, the Internal Revenue Service has the authority to postpone filing deadlines in the event of a presidentially-declared federal disaster, but this does not extend to state-level emergencies. I also reintroduced the Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act this week, which would help address the increasingly pervasive sexual assault and harassment of Federal Bureau of Prisons employees by inmates. Read more here.  Nothing is more important for our national sovereignty than control of our borders. That’s why, in November, the American people gave President Trump an overwhelming mandate to finally secure our southern border after four years of Biden-Harris failures. Thankfully, the President has already taken many steps to ensure that happens. Read more about this in my weekly column here. Learn More Unsubscribe

Texas School Faces Fallout Over Hidden Camera Footage on Transgender Sports Ban

'There Were 503 Lapses': Kris Kobach Breaks Down Consequences of Hiring DEI in Aviation

January 31 2025   NEWS Texas School Faces Fallout Over Hidden Camera Footage on Transgender Sports Ban By R.E. Wermus Texas law requires student athletes to compete on teams that correspond with the sex listed on their birth certificate. More NEWS 'There Were 503 Lapses': Kris Kobach Breaks Down Consequences of Hiring DEI in Aviation By Mariane Angela The Kansas attorney general discusses an "alarming shift toward DEI hiring, diversity inclusion, race-based hiring." More NEWS 2 US Service Academies End Minor in Diversity and Inclusion By Tate Miller West Point Military Academy and the Air Force Academy have both ended their "Diversity and Inclusion Studies" minors. More COMMENTARY China Fires First Shot in AI Battle By Ben Shapiro To compete, America must unshackle its innovators. More COMMENTARY AMERICA IS BACK: Trump Creates Task Force for Huge Celebration of America's 250th Birthday By Jarrett Stepman While the Left has tried to pummel any love for American history, Trump's move ensures anti-American activists won't have the last word. More NEWS ICYMI: 8 Takeaways From Kash Patel's FBI Confirmation Hearing By Fred Lucas Sen. Marsha Blackburn asks Kash Patel if he would support more transparency about Jeffrey Epstein's reputed sex-trafficking operation. More           The Daily Signal, 20 F St. NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20001 Add newsletters@dailysignal.com to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as johnmhames1.diogenes--light@blogger.com. If you want to opt out, unsubscribe or manage your email preferences. Was this forwarded to you? Subscribe to The Daily Signal's newsletters.

 

The Great Discombobulation

Plus: The Two Competing Democratic Parties, Exclusive: Former North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson to Drop CNN Lawsuit Over 'Black Nazi' Story, Retire from Politics, and more

TODAY'S NR DAILY IS PRESENTED BY January 31, 2025 EDITOR'S PICKS    The Great Discombobulation Democrats will adjust as the sound-bite age fades into history. But it will be difficult. Michael Brendan Dougherty  >     Unlocked for you.  The Two Competing Democratic Parties The off-ramp is clear. It's a wonder that more Democrats don't just take it. Noah Rothman  > Exclusive: Former North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson to Drop CNN Lawsuit Over 'Black Nazi' Story, Retire from Politics Robinson told National Review that 'continuing to pursue retribution from CNN is a futile effort.' Audrey Fahlberg  > See all our premium content with NRPLUS. NEW ON NATIONAL REVIEW     Why I Doubt Joe Biden Will Ever Reemerge It is likely that Joe Biden will never 'reemerge' into public life. Jim Geraghty  > A message from DonorsTrust Simplify Your Tax-Deductible Giving with DonorsTrust Passing a new tax bill is among the top 2025 priorities for the recently sworn-in Trump administration and Congress. With a tax-advantaged giving account from DonorsTrust, you can streamline your charitable deductions and prepare for whatever changes come to the tax code.   Learn more at DonorsTrust.org   FCC Chair Orders NPR, PBS Investigation That Could Undermine Case for Public Funding Brittany Bernstein  > Will the Real Bobby Kennedy and Tulsi Gabbard Please Stand Up? The Editors  > Bill Cassidy's Finest Hour Philip Klein  > What Will U.S. Tariff Policy Be Tomorrow? Nobody Knows Dominic Pino  > Chuck Todd To Depart NBC News after 18 Years Brittany Bernstein  > A message from DonorsTrust NR PODCASTS: FEATURED EPISODE    The Hearings FEATURED PHOTO GALLERY    Immigration Enforcement 19 West 44th Street, Ste. 1701, New York, NY, 10036 Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.