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Personal Details

Caucuses/Former Committees

Founder/Chair, Congressional Songwriters Caucus, 2003-present

Founder, Congressional Songwriters Caucus

Former Member, Energy and Commerce Committee, United States House of Representatives

Co-Chair, House Task Force on Waste, Fraud and Abuse

Former Member, Oversight and Investigators Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Aviation and Space, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, United States House of Representatives

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, United States House of Representatitves

Former Member, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation and the Internet, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Environment, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Health (Energy and Commerce), United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Manufacturing, Trade, and Consumer Protection, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Security, United States Senate

Education

  • BS, Mississippi State University, 1973

Professional Experience

  • BS, Mississippi State University, 1973
  • Owner, Marketing Strategies, present
  • Executive Director, Tennessee Film, Entertainment, and Music Commission, 1995-1997
  • Chair, Williamson County Republican Party, 1989-1991
  • Director, Retail Fashion/Special Events, Caster Knott Company, 1975-1978
  • Sales Manager, Southwestern Company, 1973-1975
  • Student Manager, Southwestern Company, 1971-1973

Political Experience

  • BS, Mississippi State University, 1973
  • Owner, Marketing Strategies, present
  • Executive Director, Tennessee Film, Entertainment, and Music Commission, 1995-1997
  • Chair, Williamson County Republican Party, 1989-1991
  • Director, Retail Fashion/Special Events, Caster Knott Company, 1975-1978
  • Sales Manager, Southwestern Company, 1973-1975
  • Student Manager, Southwestern Company, 1971-1973
  • Senator, United States Senate, 2019-present
  • Former Deputy Whip, United States House of Representatives
  • Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 7, 2002-2019
  • Candidate, United States Senate, 2018
  • Assistant Minority Whip, United States House of Representatives, 2002-2006
  • Senator, Tennessee State Senate, District 23, 1998-2002

Former Committees/Caucuses

Founder/Chair, Congressional Songwriters Caucus, 2003-present

Founder, Congressional Songwriters Caucus

Former Member, Energy and Commerce Committee, United States House of Representatives

Co-Chair, House Task Force on Waste, Fraud and Abuse

Former Member, Oversight and Investigators Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, United States House of Representatives

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, United States House of Representatitves

Former Member, Subcommittee on Environment, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Health (Energy and Commerce), United States House of Representatives

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Committee on Armed Services

Member, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Member, Committee on the Judiciary

Member, Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Member, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights

Member, Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband

Member, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity

Member, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities

Member, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property

Member, Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries, Climate Change and Manufacturing

Member, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support

Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Maritime, Freight, and Ports

Member, Subcommittee on The Constitution

Member, Subcommittee on Tourism, Trade, and Export Promotion

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • BS, Mississippi State University, 1973
  • Owner, Marketing Strategies, present
  • Executive Director, Tennessee Film, Entertainment, and Music Commission, 1995-1997
  • Chair, Williamson County Republican Party, 1989-1991
  • Director, Retail Fashion/Special Events, Caster Knott Company, 1975-1978
  • Sales Manager, Southwestern Company, 1973-1975
  • Student Manager, Southwestern Company, 1971-1973
  • Senator, United States Senate, 2019-present
  • Former Deputy Whip, United States House of Representatives
  • Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 7, 2002-2019
  • Candidate, United States Senate, 2018
  • Assistant Minority Whip, United States House of Representatives, 2002-2006
  • Senator, Tennessee State Senate, District 23, 1998-2002
  • Member, Christ Presbyterian, present
  • Member, Smithsonian Libraries Advisory Board, present
  • President, American Lung Association of Middle Tennessee
  • Member, Brentwood Chamber of Commerce
  • Member, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
  • President, Nashville Symphony Guild
  • Board Member, Nashville Zoo
  • Member, Rotary Club
  • State Chair, American Council of Young Political Leaders, 1994

Other Info

Astrological Sign:

Gemini

— Awards:

  • - Congressman Blackburn is regularly praised by good government groups like the National Federation of Independent Businesses, National Taxpayers Union, the Farm Bureau, the Chamber of Commerce, the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council and the American Conservative Union.
  • - She has been named a Taxpayer Hero by Americans for Tax Reform each year she has served in Congress.
  • - In 2006 the Independent Electrical Contractors recognized her as their Lawmaker of the Year.
  • - In 2007 Blackburn received the Conservative Leadership Award from the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute.
  • - In 2007, she was awarded the Congressional Grammy by the Recording Academy; the White Hat award from the Nashville Songwriters Association and in 2008 received the Platinum Award from the RIAA. The Cecil Scaife Foundation has awarded her the Visionary Award.
  • - In 2012, Health IT Now presented her with the HITN Innovation Award for her work in support of innovative solutions to our most pressing healthcare problems and she was recognized by the Association of Children's Hospitals and the American College of Radiology for her leadership on healthcare issues.
  • - Marsha has also been honored by the Family Research Council, received the Distinguished Leader Award from the Susan B. Anthony List for her pro-life, pro-family work, and the Iron Jawed Angel Award for Excellence in Public Service.
  • - In April 2013 at the "Women Run the World" Half Marathon in New York City, More Magazine recognized Blackburn for her service in government by honoring her as one of 10 women who are making a difference in the world.
  • - The Washington Post has named her one of the 40 Most Interesting Women in Politics and Newsmax has named her one of the 50 Most Influential Female Republicans.
  • - The Independent Women's Forum has named her the 2014 Woman of Valor.
  • - Marsha was named the 2016 "Woman of the Year" by the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute.
  • - Congressman Blackburn holds an honorary doctorate in letters from King University.

American Conservative Union, Best and Brightest Award

U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Spirit of Enterprise Award

Small Business Bureau and Entrepreneurship Council, Small Business Champion

Family Research Council, True Blue Award

  • 2

Spouse's Occupation:

Founder, International Bow Tie Society (IBTS)

Policy Positions

2021

Abortion

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-life

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No

2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- No

Campaign Finance

Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Unknown Position

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- No

Energy & Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- No

Guns

Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No

Health Care

Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Yes

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Yes

Marijuana

Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Unknown Position

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- Yes

2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- Yes

Congressional Election 2004 National Political Awareness Test

Abortion

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding abortion.

1. Abortions should always be illegal.
- No Answer

2. Abortions should always be legal.
- No Answer

3. Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy.
- No Answer

4. Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape.
- X

5. Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered.
- X

6. Prohibit the dilation and extraction procedure, also known as "partial-birth" abortion.
- X

7. Prohibit public funding of abortions and of organizations that advocate or perform abortions.
- X

8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Budgetary, Spending, and Tax Issues, Part 1: Budget Priorities

Using the key, indicate what federal funding levels you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category.Budget Priorities

1. Agriculture
- Slightly Decrease

2. Arts
- Slightly Decrease

3. Defense
- Maintain Status

4. Education
- Slightly Decrease

5. Environment
- Slightly Decrease

6. Homeland security
- Maintain Status

7. International aid
- Greatly Decrease

8. Law enforcement
- Maintain Status

9. Medical research
- Maintain Status

10. National parks
- Maintain Status

11. Public health services
- Slightly Decrease

12. Scientific research
- Maintain Status

13. Space exploration programs
- Maintain Status

14. Transportation and highway infrastructure
- Maintain Status

15. Welfare
- Slightly Decrease

16. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer

Budgetary, Spending, and Tax Issues, Part 2: Defense Spending

Defense Spending

1. Armed Forces personnel training
- Maintain Status

2. Intelligence operations
- Slightly Increase

3. Military hardware
- Maintain Status

4. Modernization of weaponry and equipment
- Maintain Status

5. National missile defense
- Maintain Status

6. Pay for active duty personnel
- Slightly Increase

7. Programs to improve troop retention rates
- Maintain Status

8. Research and development of new weapons
- Maintain Status

9. Troop and equipment readiness
- Maintain Status

10. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer

Budgetary, Spending, and Tax Issues, Part 3: Taxes (A)

Using the key above, indicate what federal tax levels you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category.TaxesIncome Taxes:Family IncomeRetiree IncomeOther Taxes:Deductions/Credits:

1. Less than $25,000
- Maintain Status

2. $25,000-$75,000
- Maintain Status

3. $75,000-$150,000
- Maintain Status

4. Over $150,000
- Maintain Status

5. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer

6. Over $40,000
- No Answer

7. Alcohol taxes
- Maintain Status

8. Capital gains taxes
- Slightly Decrease

9. Cigarette taxes
- Maintain Status

10. Corporate taxes
- Slightly Decrease

11. Gasoline taxes
- Maintain Status

12. Inheritance taxes
- Slightly Decrease

13. Charitable contributions
- Maintain Status

14. Child tax credit
- Slightly Increase

15. Earned income tax credit
- Maintain Status

16. Medical expense deduction
- Maintain Status

17. Mortgage deduction
- Maintain Status

18. Student loan credit
- Slightly Increase

Budgetary, Spending, and Taxes, Part 3: Taxes (B)

1. Do you support permanent repeal of the federal estate tax?
- Yes

2. Do you support eliminating taxes on dividends paid to individual investors?
- Yes

3. Should a married couple filing jointly pay the same taxes as if they were an unmarried couple filing separately?
- Yes

4. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Campaign Finance and Government Reform

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding campaign finance and government reform.

1. Support public taxpayer funding for federal candidates who comply with campaign spending limits.
- No Answer

2. Increase the amount individuals are permitted to contribute to federal campaigns.
- X

3. Prohibit Political Action Committee (PAC) contributions to candidates for federal office.
- No Answer

4. Allow unregulated soft money campaign contributions to political parties or committees.
- No Answer

5. Allow ads paid for by soft money that support or attack a candidate for federal office.
- No Answer

6. Allow issue advocacy commercials by corporations, labor unions, and non-profit groups which appear within 60 days of a general election and within 30 days of a primary election.
- X

7. Remove all contribution limits on federal campaigns and parties.
- No Answer

8. Do you support instant run-off voting (IRV)?
- Undecided

9. Should Election Day be a national holiday?
- Undecided

10. Should same-sex couples be allowed to form civil unions?
- Yes

11. Should marriage be restricted to a union only between a man and a woman?
- No Answer

12. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Crime

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding crime.

1. Support the use of the death penalty for federal crimes.
- X

2. Eliminate the use of the death penalty for federal crimes.
- No Answer

3. Impose "truth in sentencing" for violent criminals so they serve full sentences with no chance of parole.
- X

4. Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released.
- No Answer

5. Support programs to provide prison inmates with drug and alcohol addiction treatment.
- No Answer

6. Reduce prison sentences for those who commit non-violent crimes.
- No Answer

7. Support additional criminal penalties if a fetus is killed in the commission of a federal crime against a pregnant woman.
- X

8. Require that crimes based on gender, sexual orientation, and disability be prosecuted as federal hate crimes.
- No Answer

9. Support programs that provide job training and placement services for at-risk youth.
- X

10. Impose stricter penalties for those convicted of white-collar crimes.
- X

11. Enforcement of civil rights should primarily be the responsibility of the federal government.
- No Answer

12. Minors accused of a violent crime should be prosecuted as adults.
- X

13. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Drug

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding drugs.

1. Support mandatory jail sentences for selling illegal drugs.
- X

2. Expand federally sponsored drug education and drug treatment programs.
- No Answer

3. Decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana.
- No Answer

4. Allow doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes.
- No Answer

5. Increase border security to stop the flow of illegal drugs into the United States.
- X

6. Eliminate federal funding for programs associated with the "war on drugs."
- No Answer

7. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Education

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education.

1. Support national standards for and testing of public school students.
- No Answer

2. Allow parents to use vouchers (equal opportunity scholarships) to send their children to any public school.
- X

3. Allow parents to use vouchers (equal opportunity scholarships) to send their children to any private or religious school.
- X

4. Allow teachers and professionals to receive authorization and funding to establish charter schools.
- X

5. Increase funding for block grants to states to aid in the hiring of additional teachers.
- No Answer

6. Support teacher testing and reward teachers with merit pay.
- X

7. Increase funding for school capital improvements (e.g. buildings, infrastructure, technology).
- No Answer

8. Support granting states limited control over Head Start programs.
- X

9. Support changing the mission of Head Start to emphasize improving the math and reading skills of disadvantaged children.
- No Answer

10. Providing education is not a responsibility of the federal government.
- No Answer

11. Support affirmative action in public college admissions.
- No Answer

12. Increase funding of programs such as Pell grants and Stafford loans to help students pay for college.
- No Answer

13. Support federal tax incentives to help families save for college.
- X

14. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Employment and Affirmative Action

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding employment.2) Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding affirmative action.

1. Increase funding for national job-training programs that re-train displaced workers or teach skills needed in today's job market.
- No Answer

2. Reduce government regulation of the private sector in order to encourage investment and economic expansion.
- X

3. Provide tax credits or grants to businesses that offer child care services to employees.
- X

4. Encourage employers to offer flex-time scheduling, comp-time, and unpaid leave for family emergencies.
- X

5. Eliminate all federal programs designed to reduce unemployment.
- No Answer

6. Increase the federal minimum wage.
- No Answer

7. Support the right of workers to strike without fear of being permanently replaced.
- No Answer

8. Allow workers to sell company stock and to diversify their company retirement funds into other investment options.
- No Answer

9. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

10. The federal government should consider race and gender in government contracting decisions.
- No Answer

11. The federal government should discontinue affirmative action programs.
- X

12. The federal government should continue affirmative action programs.
- No Answer

13. Include sexual orientation in federal anti-discrimination laws.
- No Answer

Environment and Energy

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the environment and energy.

1. Strengthen the regulation and enforcement of the Clean Water Act.
- No Answer

2. Strengthen the regulation and enforcement of the Clean Air Act.
- No Answer

3. Require states to compensate citizens when environmental regulations limit uses of privately-owned land.
- No Answer

4. Relax logging restrictions on federal lands.
- No Answer

5. Relax standards on federal lands to allow increased recreational usage.
- X

6. Support increased development of traditional energy resources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil).
- X

7. Strengthen emission controls and fuel efficiency standards on all gasoline and diesel-powered engines, including cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles.
- No Answer

8. Support opening a select portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil exploration.
- X

9. Encourage further development and use of alternative fuels to reduce pollution.
- X

10. Support the use of ethanol as an alternative fuel.
- No Answer

11. Allow energy producers to trade pollution credits.
- No Answer

12. Support the U.S. re-entering the Kyoto treaty process to limit global warming.
- No Answer

13. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Gun

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding guns.

1. Renew the ban on the sale or transfer of semi-automatic guns, except those used for hunting.
- No Answer

2. Maintain and strengthen the current level of enforcement of existing federal restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
- No Answer

3. Ease federal restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
- X

4. Repeal federal restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
- No Answer

5. Allow citizens to carry concealed guns.
- X

6. Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks on guns.
- No Answer

7. Require background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows.
- No Answer

8. Require a license for gun possession.
- No Answer

9. Establish a national database of ballistic "fingerprints" to track guns used in criminal activities.
- No Answer

10. Support legislation that would protect manufacturers, distributors, dealers, and importers of firearms from civil lawsuits by crime victims.
- X

11. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Health

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding health care.

1. Providing health care is not a responsibility of the federal government.
- X

2. Implement a universal health care program to guarantee coverage to all Americans regardless of income.
- No Answer

3. Support a Patient's Bill of Rights which includes appeal mechanisms when claims are denied.
- No Answer

4. Support a Patient's Bill of Rights which includes the right to sue when claims are denied.
- No Answer

5. Expand eligibility for tax-free medical savings accounts.
- X

6. Establish limits on the amount of punitive damages awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits.
- No Answer

7. Support expanding prescription drug coverage under Medicare.
- No Answer

8. Support expanding prescription drug coverage under private managed care plans.
- No Answer

9. Offer tax credits to individuals and small businesses to offset the cost of insurance coverage.
- X

10. Support automatic enrollment of children in federal health care programs such as CHIP and Medicaid.
- No Answer

11. Allow 55-65 year-olds to buy into Medicare.
- No Answer

12. Support stem cell research on existing lines of stem cells.
- X

13. Allow laboratories to create new lines of stem cells for additional research.
- No Answer

14. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Immigration

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding immigration.

1. Decrease the number of legal immigrants allowed into the country.
- No Answer

2. Establish English as the official national language.
- X

3. Increase the number of visas issued for agricultural workers.
- No Answer

4. Relax restrictions barring legal immigrants from using social programs (e.g. public housing, food stamps).
- No Answer

5. Support amnesty for certain illegal immigrants who already reside in the United States.
- No Answer

6. Support the detention of asylum seekers from countries known to sponsor terrorism.
- No Answer

7. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

International Aid, International Policy, and Trade Issues, Part 1: International Aid

International AidIndicate which principles you support (if any) regarding United States economic assistance.

1. Aid should be granted to countries when extraordinary circumstances cause disaster and threaten civilian lives.
- X

2. Aid should be granted to countries when it is in the security interests of the United States.
- X

3. Aid should be eliminated for any nation with documented human rights abuses.
- No Answer

4. Aid programs should be scaled back and eventually eliminated.
- No Answer

5. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

International Aid, International Policy, and Trade Issues, Part 2: International Policy

International Policy1) Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the Middle East.2) Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding Central and East Asia.3) Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the United Nations.

1. Should the United States continue to provide leadership in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process?
- Yes

2. Should the United States support the creation of a Palestinian state?
- No Answer

3. Should the United States withdraw its troops from Iraq?
- Undecided

4. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

5. Should the United States use diplomatic and economic pressure to encourage North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program?
- Yes

6. Should the United States use military force to destroy the North Korean nuclear weapons program?
- Undecided

7. Should the United States remove the North Korean government from power?
- Undecided

8. Should the United States increase financial support to Afghanistan?
- Undecided

9. Should the United States increase military support to Afghanistan?
- Undecided

10. Should the United States maintain its financial support of the United Nations?
- No Answer

11. Should the United States decrease its financial support of the United Nations?
- Yes

12. Should the United States commit troops to United Nations peacekeeping missions?
- No Answer

13. Should the United States lift the travel ban to Cuba?
- No

14. Should the United States increase its financial support to Colombia to combat "the war on drugs"?
- No

15. Should aid to African nations for AIDS prevention programs fund distribution of contraceptives?
- Yes

16. Should aid to African nations for AIDS prevention fund abstinence education?
- Yes

International Aid, International Policy, and Trade Issues, Part 3: International Trade

International TradeIndicate which principles you support (if any) regarding international trade.

1. Do you support the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?
- Yes

2. Do you support the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)?
- Yes

3. Do you support continued U.S. membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO)?
- Yes

4. Should a nation's human rights record affect its normal trade relations (most favored nation) status with the United States?
- Yes

5. Do you support the trade embargo against Cuba?
- Yes

6. Should trade agreements include provisions to address environmental concerns and to protect workers' rights?
- Yes

7. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

National Security

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding national security.

1. Do you support using military tribunals to try suspected terrorists when ordinary civilian courts are deemed inappropriate or impractical?
- Yes

2. Should the United States adopt stricter rules for student visa applications from nations known to sponsor terrorism?
- Yes

3. Should the United States grant law enforcement agencies greater discretion to read mail and email, tap phones, and conduct random searches to prevent future terrorist attacks?
- No

4. Should the United States hold foreign states accountable for terrorists who operate in their country?
- Yes

5. Should the federal government increase funding to states and cities for homeland security?
- Yes

6. Do you support a policy of pre-emptive strikes against countries deemed to be a threat to national security?
- Yes

7. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Social Security

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding Social Security.

1. Allow workers to invest a portion of their payroll tax in private accounts which they manage themselves.
- No Answer

2. Allow workers to invest a portion of their payroll tax in private accounts managed by private firms contracted by the government.
- X

3. Invest a portion of Social Security assets collectively in stocks and bonds instead of United States Treasury securities.
- X

4. Increase the payroll tax to better finance Social Security in its current form.
- No Answer

5. Lower the annual cost-of-living increases.
- No Answer

6. Raise the retirement age for when individuals are eligible to receive full Social Security benefits.
- No Answer

7. Other of expanded principles
- No Answer

Technology and Communication

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding technology and communication.

1. Collect taxes on commercial Internet transactions.
- No Answer

2. Continue the moratorium on Internet taxation.
- X

3. Implement regulation of Internet content.
- No Answer

4. Support government mandates to curtail violent and sexual content on television.
- X

5. Support strict penalties for Internet crimes (e.g. hacking, identity theft, worms/viruses).
- X

6. Support legislation to detail how personal information can be collected and used on the Internet.
- No Answer

7. Regulating the Internet is not a responsibility of the federal government.
- No Answer

8. Impose regulations on "spam" emails.
- X

9. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Welfare and Poverty

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding welfare and poverty.

1. Require welfare recipients to spend at least 40 hours a week in a combination of work and training programs.
- X

2. Increase funding for child care programs.
- No Answer

3. Continue to give states and local governments flexibility in and responsibility for welfare programs through federal block grants.
- X

4. Direct federal poverty aid through religious, community-based, or other non-profit organizations.
- X

5. Abolish all federal welfare programs.
- No Answer

6. Support housing assistance for low-income families.
- No Answer

7. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Legislative Priorities

On an attached page, disk, or via email, please explain in a total of 75 words or less, your top two or three priorities if elected. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding.
- No Answer

Congress Bills
Speeches

Joint Session of Congress

Apr. 29, 2021Floor Speech
Articles

Stat News - The coronavirus outbreak exposes the U.S.'s pharma supply chain vulnerability

Feb. 14, 2020

By Marsha Blackburn In the 21st century, Americans have found it far too easy to be complacent about public health emergencies like the ongoing coronavirus outbreak of the newly named Covid-19 that began in China and has since spread to other countries, including the U.S. To be fair, it has been more than 50 years since the last federal quarantine was issued, to control a deadly smallpox outbreak. A half-century gap is bound to instill a false sense of security, even when taking more recent threats into consideration. For most Americans, the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) scare in 2003 lives on in vague memories of face masks worn by terrified business travelers. The Ebola nightmare that lasted from 2014 to 2016 wasn't severe enough to prompt the Obama administration to issue a quarantine, much less sustain a discussion about how poorly prepared public health officials were to address the outbreak. Fuzzy recollections are a symptom of a much larger problem: In the memory gap between outbreak and eradication lives a growing threat to health care delivery -- and to national security. In October 2019, Dr. Janet Woodcock, the director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, testified before Congress that the United States "has become a world leader in drug discovery and development, but is no longer in the forefront of drug manufacturing." Woodcock identified as a key health and security concern the cessation of U.S. manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), the basic building blocks of medications. She testified that 72% of API manufacturing takes place outside the U.S., and that the number of facilities making APIs in China has more than doubled since 2010.The use of foreign-sourced materials "creates vulnerabilities in the U.S. supply chain," Woodcock concluded. Her concerns are not unfounded. The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission echoed Woodcock's worries. In its 2019 report to Congress, the commission revealed "serious deficiencies in health and safety standards in China's pharmaceutical sector." The commission found a poorly regulated industry enabled by Beijing's refusal to cooperate with routine FDA inspections. This stonewalling, coupled with the small number of FDA inspectors in the country to oversee a large number of producers and outright fraud perpetrated by Chinese manufacturers, is a recipe for disaster. The coronavirus outbreak is drawing much-needed attention to the possibility of a global health crisis. But awareness isn't enough. Without action from policymakers, our dependence upon China for medications will continue to put American lives at risk. The number of Chinese facilities that make active pharmaceutical ingredients is still growing. Although we cannot yet quantify the U.S.'s dependence on pharmaceutical ingredients made in China, we do know that the more Chinese products flow into the U.S., the more potential there is for trouble. In 2007 and 2008, 246 people died as a result of adulterated heparin, a widely used blood thinner. An investigation by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control determined that batches of heparin manufactured in China had been contaminated. The contaminant, which is very cheap, was similar in chemical structure to heparin and was able to go undetected in routine tests. Since 2010, regulators have found serious problems with batches of thyroid medication, muscle relaxers, and antibiotics used to treat tuberculosis, sexually transmitted diseases, and other dangerous bacterial infections. In 2016, an explosion at a Chinese factory resulted in a global shortage of piperacillin, an important antibiotic, simply because that factory was the drug's sole source of production. In 2018, the FDA recalled a number of blood pressure medications made in China that were contaminated with N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), a cancer-causing toxin. Without intervention, the FDA expects the pharmaceutical industry will continue to rely on Chinese companies to make active pharmaceutical ingredients. China isn't alone in creating sometimes shoddy or dangerous pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical ingredients. Companies in India also contribute to this problem. Fortunately, policy initiatives that are popular with lawmakers have sparked the creation of 400,000 new jobs in the domestic manufacturing sector. We must focus this momentum and begin bringing pharmaceutical manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. Congress and federal agencies can start now by reviewing regulations to ensure there are no barriers to rapid adoption of new technologies, creating incentives for workforce growth and training, and allowing the private sector to use updated, cost-effective technologies and processes that would enable U.S.-based companies to regain competitiveness in the API market. The status quo has made us vulnerable. The fix, however, is sitting right in front of us. If we fail to act, we place our collective future in the hands of companies that operate entirely in the shadows. It could be years before the next drug shortage or public health crisis puts Americans' health and safety at risk -- but would you bet your life on that? Marsha Blackburn, a Republican senator representing Tennessee, serves on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Tested negative for coronavirus on October 2, 2020

Jan. 1, 1900

Coronavirus pandemic Select a topic from the dropdown below to learn more.Political responses overviewState reopening plansDocumenting America's Path to RecoveryDaily updatesElection changesChanges to vote-by-mail and absentee voting proceduresFederal responsesState responsesState executive ordersStay-at-home ordersMultistate agreementsNon-governmental reopening plansEvictions and foreclosures policiesTravel restrictionsEnacted state legislationState legislative session changesSchool closuresState court closuresInmate releasesLocal government responsesDiagnosed or quarantined politiciansBallot measure changesArguments about government responsesThe 1918 influenza pandemicPandemic Response Accountability CommitteeUnemployment filingsLawsuitsSubmit On October 2, 2020, Blackburn announced that she had tested negative for coronavirus after riding traveling with President Donald Trump (R).

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Events

2018

Nov. 6
Marsha for Senate Election Day Ice Cream Social

Tue 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM CST

2100 Wilma Rudolph Blvd, Clarksville, TN 37040-6637, United States

Nov. 6
Marsha for Senate Election Day Lunch

Tue 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CST

56 Casey Jones Ln, Jackson, TN 38305-2402, United States

Nov. 6
Marsha for Senate Election Day Breakfast

Tue 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM CST