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WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman David Kustoff (TN-08), announced mobile office hours for the month of September. Mobile office hours will be held on Tuesday, September 1 and Thursday, September 3.

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman David Kustoff (TN-08) announced $400,000 in Economic Development Administration (EDA) CARES Act Recovery Assistance funding to support redevelopment and revitalization in Weakley County. The CARES Act, signed into law by President Donald Trump on March 27, 2020, provides EDA with $1.5 billion for economic development assistance programs to help communities prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman David Kustoff (TN-08) announced a $500,000 loan and $87,200 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to Obion County to construct a 100x100 airplane hangar with an adjacent staging area at the south end of the existing airport site. The new hangars will provide much needed private space for the crop dusters, so they are not disrupted by the other commercial traffic. The hangar will also generate airport revenue, as the space will be leased for storage for the crop dusters.

Memphis, TN – U.S. Representative David Kustoff (TN-08), applauded the expansion of Operation Legend to Memphis, Tennessee. Operation Legend is a sustained, systematic and coordinated law enforcement initiative in which federal law enforcement agencies work in conjunction with state and local law enforcement officials to fight violent crime. Operation Legend is named in honor of four-year-old LeGend Taliferro, who was shot and killed while he slept early in the morning of June 29 in Kansas City. The first federal arrest under Operation Legend was announced on July 20.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives David Kustoff (R-TN), Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN), Phil Roe (R-TN), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), and John Rose (R-TN) released the following statement in response to Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), Chairman of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, sending official letters singling out four Republican-led states, including Tennessee, for their response to the COVID-19 pandemic:

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. David Kustoff (R-TN) and Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) introduced bipartisan legislation to modernize the real estate appraisal licensing system. The Portal for Appraisal Licensing Act establishes a nationwide licensing system for real estate appraisers that will improve the appraisal regulatory structure, reduce cost, and eliminate red tape.

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman David Kustoff (TN-08) announced a $500,000 loan and $150,000 grant for Obion County to construct an airplane hangar, a $18,300,000 loan for Crockett County to expand and renovate the Crockett County Middle and High School, and a $4,000,000 loan for the Town of Somerville to construct a fire station and renovate the existing law enforcement station. This funding is part of the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) $153 million investment to build and improve critical community facilities across our nation.

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Congressman David Kustoff (TN-08), joined Rep. Ted Budd and Rep. Harley Rouda in introducing The Drug-Free Communities Pandemic Relief Act. This bill will help reduce substance and opioid use among our youth by allowing the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) the authority to waive the match requirements of the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program if the grantee is unable to meet these requirements due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.