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City leaders, educators, first responders, health care workers, and business leaders were among the groups lifted up in prayer Monday at the Johnson City Prayer Breakfast.
The keynote speaker was the Rev. Rickey Bolden, a former offensive lineman for the Cleveland Browns.
Bolden spoke on John 3:16, which says “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” He reminded the audience that “unconditional love cannot be unconditional love until there’s a condition.”
Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger wrote to the Biden Administration’s Department of Energy (DOE) regarding concerns over proposed rules that would negatively impact distribution transformer supply chains. Distribution transformers are critical devices that transfer power from the electrical grid to homes, businesses, and commercial buildings.
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Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger released the details of the 2023 Congressional Art Competition.
This competition is an opportunity for high school students residing in Tennessee's First Congressional District to have their artwork displayed in the U.S. Capitol on exhibit for one year. The exhibit will include the winning artwork from all participating districts around the country.
The pandemic showed us how difficult and slow it is to reorganize complex international supply chains. Imagine how much worse the situation would be during an armed conflict, and you'll begin to understand our newest national security crisis.
The reasons for the crisis aren't complex. Like any other purchaser, the United States government looks for the most stable, lowest-cost suppliers. Unfortunately, this has created an overreliance on goods like medical supplies manufactured in countries, primarily China, that could weaponize the very supply chains that sustain us.
SEYMOUR, Tenn. (WVLT) - The Silver Star Medal is one of the most prestigious honors a veteran can receive.
On Wednesday, an East Tennessee man finally accepted his father’s Silver Star, after it had been missing for decades.
“He’s the hero here,” said Ray Mull, talking about his father Sgt. Harrison Mull, who died in combat during World War II.
Last week, Congressman Ronny Jackson (TX-13) reintroduced the Protecting American Sovereignty Act to prohibit the Biden Administration from surrendering to the World Health Organization (WHO) through the proposed Global Pandemic Treaty. Specifically, this legislation prohibits the use of taxpayer funds from being used to execute any of the treaty’s obligations, thereby rendering the treaty meaningless.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), a practicing pharmacist before being elected to Congress, and U.S. Representative Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) introduced the Prescription Information Modernization Act of 2023. The bipartisan bill will allow the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to move forward with a proposed rule allowing drug manufacturers to transmit prescribing information electronically, as opposed to a printed copy, as currently required.
It might not have been Junie B. Jones, but for Joseph Rogers Primary first graders the arrival of Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger last Thursday morning was the next best thing.
Mexican cartels are pushing illegal immigrants across the border in orchestrated surges to distract law enforcement from drug-smuggling operations targeting other sections of the border, contributing to the corresponding wave of deaths related to fentanyl poisoning, a 25-year U.S. Border Patrol agent and a Texas sheriff told congressional lawmakers.