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August 28, 2026

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) this week introduced the Automotive National and Economic Security Act of 2026, bipartisan legislation that would direct the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to conduct a comprehensive study of the national and economic security risks foreign adversaries pose to the United States automotive industry.


August 27, 2026
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) today introduced the Freedom to Home Distill Act, legislation that would end the federal prohibition on home distillation and extend to distillers the same tax-free, personal-use exemption that home brewers of beer and wine have enjoyed since Congress updated the tax code in 1978.

August 27, 2026

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) today announced nearly $2 million in new federal funding for Tennessee's First Congressional District through the U.S. Department of Education's Talent Search and Educational Opportunity Centers programs, which help low-income and first-generation students prepare for and complete college.


August 25, 2026
Pigeon Forge, TN — Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) released the following statement today after the death of country music legend and Sevier County native Dolly Parton, who died at age 80:
 
“Dolly Parton was one of ours,” said Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger. “She grew up in the hills of Sevier County, right here in Tennessee's First District, and no matter how big her star got, she never stopped being one of us.

August 14, 2026
Washington, D.C.  Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) released the following statement praising a series of recent actions by the U.S.

July 21, 2026

Washington, D.C — Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) today released the following statement after voting to pass H.R. 9770, the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027. The vote comes as Senate Democrats yet again threaten to shut down the government ahead of the September 30 fiscal year-end deadline, just weeks before Election Day.


July 21, 2026

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) released the following statements after the House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced two of her bills at today’s full committee markup. Members passed the Nutrition Education and Chronic Disease Prevention in Community Health Centers Act of 2026 and the Affordable Innovation for the Grid Act, sending both bills to the full House for consideration. 


July 16, 2026

Rogersville, TN — Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) this week helped deliver a donation of children's books to Hawkins County Schools through the U.S. Library of Congress Surplus Books Program, timed to coincide with the return of the county's “Words on Wheels” bookmobile, which had been out of service for several months due to engine trouble. 


July 15, 2026

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) today voted to advance the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027, legislation that delivers on President Trump's America First agenda by cutting waste, countering adversaries such as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and ending the Biden-era woke spending spree.