Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman David Kustoff (TN-08), spoke on the U.S. House floor to raise awareness on the importance of H.R. 336 and urge Speaker Pelosi to bring it to the floor for a full vote. H.R. 336, Strengthening America's Security in the Middle East Act of 2019, would take real policy action against the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The Senate companion to H.R. 336 is S.1, which passed the Senate on a bipartisan basis in January by a vote of 77-23.
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman David Kustoff (TN-08) joined Congressman Billy Long (MO-07) to introduce H.R. 3869, the Internet Exchange (IX) Act. This bill aims to strengthen Internet access in rural areas by promoting more Internet Exchanges across the country. Senator Blackburn introduced companion legislation, S. 1166 , in the Senate in April.
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman David Kustoff (TN-08), joined Steve Scalise (LA-01), Kevin McCarthy (CA-23), and Lee Zeldin (NY-01) to denounce Rep. Omar's pro-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel.
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).