Blackburn Highlights 2025 Accomplishments for Tennesseans

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following statement celebrating Republicans' achievements and the priorities she secured for Tennesseans during the last year:

"Americans decisively voted to send President Trump back to the White House because they were fed up with open borders, wasteful spending, woke institutions, weakness on the world stage, and left-wing lunacy. 2025 was a historic year for the United States because of strong Republican leadership," said Senator Blackburn. "We delivered the largest tax cut in history, permanently secured the southern border, restored law and order, and implemented an America First agenda both at home and abroad to transform the lives of Tennesseans and Americans. We're just getting started, and I'm confident the best is yet to come in 2026."

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SERVING TENNESSEANS

• Nearly 4,500 casework issues completed on behalf of constituents;

• Over 107,000 calls answered;

• Over 313,000 mail requests answered; and

• Over 223,000 Tennesseans reached in tele-town halls held across West, Middle, and East Tennessee.

BLACKBURN LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES SECURED IN 2025

• Senator Blackburn secured several provisions in the Working Families Tax Cuts, including a $6,000 bonus deduction for millions of low- and middle- income seniors, tax relief for Tennessee's singers and songwriters, the expansion of the Employer-Provided Child Care Credit, and fingerprinting and DNA testing requirements at the border to protect migrant children from exploitation.

• Senator Blackburn supported the Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program in the Working Families Tax Cuts, resulting in a $206,888,882 award for Tennessee.

• Senator Blackburn led the effort to remove a provision in the Working Families Tax Cuts that would have banned artificial intelligence (AI) regulation by the states, eliminating critical protections for Tennesseans from the unintended consequences and harms of AI.

• Senator Blackburn secured and supported vital wins in the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, including projects for Tennessee military bases, improving quality of life for service members, banning harmful DEI programs, modernizing critical infrastructure, funding important research programs, and strengthening national security.

• Senator Blackburn advocated for a new air traffic control tower and modernized hanger design for Fort Campbell, both of which were included as part of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (MilCon-VA) Appropriations Act.

• Senator Blackburn sponsored the Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act, which was signed into law to allow the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to postpone filing deadlines for taxpayers affected by state-declared natural disasters, instead of only presidentially-declared federal disasters.

• Senator Blackburn spearheaded the push for the U.S. Air Force to select McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base outside Knoxville, Tennessee, as the seventh main operating base for the KC-46 Pegasus aircraft.

• Senator Blackburn worked with Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel and United States Attorney General Pam Bondi to deploy federal resources to Memphis, Tennessee, to fight violent crime. The Trump administration launched the Memphis Safe Task Force, which has made nearly 5,000 arrests since September.

• Senator Blackburn supported the confirmation of two Tennesseans, Jeff Hagood and Mitch Graves, to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Board of Directors.

• Senator Blackburn shepherded several of President Trump's outstanding nominees- Whitney Hermandorfer to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Mike Dunavant to be U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, and Braden Boucek to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee- through their confirmation processes.

• Google removed its large language model, Gemma, after Senator Blackburn demanded the company shut it down for fabricating criminal allegations.

• Senator Blackburn's Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) reached 73 co-sponsors in the Senate.

• Toymaker Mattel indefinitely pulled plans to create an AI toy with OpenAI following Senator Blackburn's pressure.

• Senator Blackburn led a hearing following new allegations from six whistleblowers that Meta buried child safety research. Two former Meta researchers testified at the hearing about the toxic culture at Meta.

• The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved Tennessee's Hospital Investment Program (HIP), which provides supplemental funding to hospitals to help cover the cost of serving TennCare and uninsured patients.

• Senator Blackburn led the Tennessee delegation on multiple occasions to secure disaster relief for the victims of Hurricane Helene and fight for fraud victims.

• Senator Blackburn led the Tennessee delegation in requesting swift approval of a major disaster declaration for West Tennessee following severe weather.

• Senator Blackburn co-sponsored several bills that were signed into law, including the:

• Senator Blackburn sponsored two bills that passed the Senate unanimously and await action in the House of Representatives:
  
  
  • Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act: This bill would help address the increasingly pervasive sexual assault and harassment of Federal Bureau of Prisons employees by inmates.
    
    
  • American Music Tourism Act: This bill would support and increase music tourism for both domestic and international visitors.

• Senator Blackburn led several resolutions that passed the Senate, including those to recognize the importance of community care for veterans, Women Veterans Appreciation Day, National Country Music Month, and the 100^th anniversary of the Grand Ole Opry.