AmericanTowns is a virtual "town square", connecting you to all the events and news happening in Surgoinsville Tennessee. Whether it's town issues and community activism, or school calendars and sports schedules, AmericanTowns delivers the information faster and helps you use it better. en-us 30 https://www.americantowns.com/surgoinsville-tn 144 69 https://www.americantowns.com/surgoinsville-tn https://www.americantowns.com/images/atn_rss_logo.gif Tue, 11 Mar 2025 16:50:50 -0500 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), co-chair of the Senate Rural Health Caucus, will introduce her Rural Health https://www.americantowns.com/news/blackburn-to-introduce-bipartisan-rural-health-agenda-to-bring-care-to-underserved-areas-31552213-memphis-tn.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/blackburn-to-introduce-bipartisan-rural-health-agenda-to-bring-care-to-underserved-areas-31552213-memphis-tn.html Government and Politics Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) led 7 of her colleagues in a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas https://www.americantowns.com/news/blackburn-urges-withdrawal-of-proposed-dhs-rule-that-would-hurt-small-businesses-farmers-31552215-memphis-tn.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/blackburn-urges-withdrawal-of-proposed-dhs-rule-that-would-hurt-small-businesses-farmers-31552215-memphis-tn.html Government and Politics Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) led Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and https://www.americantowns.com/news/blackburn-rick-scott-colleagues-call-on-doj-to-sue-chinese-communist-party-for-role-in-covid19-31552216-memphis-tn.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/blackburn-rick-scott-colleagues-call-on-doj-to-sue-chinese-communist-party-for-role-in-covid19-31552216-memphis-tn.html Government and Politics Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Today, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), joined by Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), https://www.americantowns.com/news/blackburn-warner-lead-bipartisan-effort-to-preserve-access-to-rural-health-care-31552218-memphis-tn.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/blackburn-warner-lead-bipartisan-effort-to-preserve-access-to-rural-health-care-31552218-memphis-tn.html Government and Politics Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) led 20 of their colleagues in sending https://www.americantowns.com/news/blackburn-barrasso-lead-letter-to-sec-yellen-on-biden-administrations-latest-attack-on-american-energy-31552219-memphis-tn.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/blackburn-barrasso-lead-letter-to-sec-yellen-on-biden-administrations-latest-attack-on-american-energy-31552219-memphis-tn.html Government and Politics Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) slammed the Biden administration today for weak leadership that has emboldened dictators like Communist https://www.americantowns.com/news/blackburn-on-fox-xi-and-putin-see-biden-as-weak-31552221-memphis-tn.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/blackburn-on-fox-xi-and-putin-see-biden-as-weak-31552221-memphis-tn.html Government and Politics Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Appropriations Committees, today joined https://www.americantowns.com/news/icymi-hagerty-joins-america-reports-on-fox-news-to-discuss-russia-downing-us-drone-and-bidens-defense-budget-31552223-memphis-tn.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/icymi-hagerty-joins-america-reports-on-fox-news-to-discuss-russia-downing-us-drone-and-bidens-defense-budget-31552223-memphis-tn.html Government and Politics Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today in a hearing elicited https://www.americantowns.com/news/under-hagertys-questioning-biden-state-department-agrees-on-need-to-address-growing-mexico-challenges-31552224-memphis-tn.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/under-hagertys-questioning-biden-state-department-agrees-on-need-to-address-growing-mexico-challenges-31552224-memphis-tn.html Government and Politics Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today sent a letter to Tyler Smith, https://www.americantowns.com/news/hagerty-urges-fdic-inspector-general-to-investigate-failed-auction-of-silicon-valley-bank-31552225-memphis-tn.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/hagerty-urges-fdic-inspector-general-to-investigate-failed-auction-of-silicon-valley-bank-31552225-memphis-tn.html Government and Politics Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined Senators Rick Scott https://www.americantowns.com/news/hagerty-scott-colleagues-urge-doj-to-hold-chinese-communist-party-accountable-for-role-in-covid19-31552226-memphis-tn.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/hagerty-scott-colleagues-urge-doj-to-hold-chinese-communist-party-accountable-for-role-in-covid19-31552226-memphis-tn.html Government and Politics Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, https://www.americantowns.com/news/hagerty-delivers-opening-statement-at-foreign-relations-committee-nominations-hearing-questions-nominees-31552227-memphis-tn.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/hagerty-delivers-opening-statement-at-foreign-relations-committee-nominations-hearing-questions-nominees-31552227-memphis-tn.html Government and Politics Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 The Biden administration has been working to get diplomacy between China and the United States back on track, in part by quietly dampening criticism https://www.americantowns.com/news/icymi-the-washington-post-the-state-department-is-wrong-to-play-down-chinas-bad-actions-31552229-memphis-tn.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/icymi-the-washington-post-the-state-department-is-wrong-to-play-down-chinas-bad-actions-31552229-memphis-tn.html Government and Politics Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 NASHVILLE, TN—United States Senator Bill Hagerty’s (R-TN) resolution of disapproval to block the DC Council’s https://www.americantowns.com/news/what-they-are-saying-praise-for-hagertys-leadership-in-blocking-the-dc-councils-dangerous-crime-bill-31552231-nashville-tn.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/what-they-are-saying-praise-for-hagertys-leadership-in-blocking-the-dc-councils-dangerous-crime-bill-31552231-nashville-tn.html Government and Politics Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 NASHVILLE, TN—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today watched with interest as President Joe Biden signed into law https://www.americantowns.com/news/hagerty-resolution-to-block-dcs-irresponsible-crime-bill-signed-into-law-31552232-nashville-tn.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/hagerty-resolution-to-block-dcs-irresponsible-crime-bill-signed-into-law-31552232-nashville-tn.html Government and Politics Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined Senators Jeff Merkley (R-OR), https://www.americantowns.com/news/hjoins-merkley-rubio-cardin-to-advance-bill-countering-foreign-governments-trampling-human-rights-within-the-united-states-and-around-the-world-31552233-memphis-tn.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/hjoins-merkley-rubio-cardin-to-advance-bill-countering-foreign-governments-trampling-human-rights-within-the-united-states-and-around-the-world-31552233-memphis-tn.html Government and Politics Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500