Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.Res. 246, a resolution Congressman Kustoff co-sponsored that expresses the sense of the House to oppose efforts to delegitimize the State of Israel and the Global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement (BDS) targeting Israel.
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman David Kustoff (TN-08), voted against H.R. 582, Raise the Wage Act. This bill would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 dollars per hour.
According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, a $15 increase in the minimum wage would eliminate 1.3 million jobs across our country, and it has the potential to eliminate up to 3.7 million jobs. It is predicted to cost Tennessee over 66,000 jobs.
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, the U.S. House passed H.R.748, the Middle-Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2019. Congressman David Kustoff (TN-08) is a co-sponsor of this bill, which repeals the ‘Cadillac Tax' provision within Obamacare. Without a repeal, starting in 2022, this controversial Cadillac Tax would be implemented and impose a 40 percent excise tax on all employer-provided health insurance plans that exceed an established annual cost.
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman David Kustoff (TN-08), questioned Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, in the House Financial Services Committee about the state of our economy. Congressman Kustoff asked him how the passage of the USMCA would help our farmers and businesses, how increasing the minimum wage will hurt our economy, and how the opioid crisis affects the workforce in West Tennessee and our nation.
Lauderdale, TN—Today, Congressman David Kustoff (TN-08), joined Mayor Gaines, State Senator Ed Jackson, and a group of farmers in Lauderdale County to tour some of the historic flooding that has affected their farmland.
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman David Kustoff (TN-08), spoke on the House floor in support of his amendment to highlight the importance of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas program (HIDTA). Congressman Kustoff also co-sponsored two significant law enforcement bills: Protecting America's First Responders Act (H.R. 2812) and Supporting and Treating Officers in Crisis Act of 2019 (H.R. 2368).
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman David Kustoff (TN-08), greeted Congressional Art Competition Winner, Tierra Anderson from Fayette County, in Washington D.C. Tierra Anderson was the overall winner of the Congressional Art Competition for West Tennessee and attended the reception in D.C. celebrating the winners of the Congressional Art Competition. Tierra's artwork will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol for a year, where lawmakers and thousands of visitors will walk past it each day.
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman David Kustoff (TN-08), spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to express his frustration with the way Democrats on the House Rules Committee are cutting out Republican members from the Appropriations Process.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, a bipartisan group of House members introduced the Locking Up Robocallers Act of 2019, which directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to provide evidence of unlawful robocall violations to the Attorney General. This would strengthen enforcement of current robocall laws aimed at ending the scourge of predatory robocalls.