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Rogersville/Hawkins County Chamber of Commerce

Roe calls for tougher border security

That’s what U.S. Rep. Phil Roe told a Rogersville/Hawkins County Chamber of Commerce legislative breakfast as the clock ticks down toward a Friday deadline for a conference committee to get a border security deal done or face another partial federal government shutdown.

Feb 9, 2019 at 8:30 PM
U.S. Rep. Phil Roe
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U.S. Rep. Phil Roe

Roe 'less than 50 percent sure' border deal will happen

“What Customs and Border Patrol told me was (a wall) slows people down, and it forces them into areas they can more easily manage. It gives them time to do their job. They need more agents. … Every place a barrier is used, illegal immigration went down more than 90 percent.” —  U.S. Rep. Phil Roe R-Tenn.

Jan 29, 2019 at 10:15 PM
U.S. Rep. Phil Roe
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U.S. Rep. Phil Roe

Roe: 'Literally the shutdown to me makes no sense at all'

U.S. Rep. Phil Roe called the partial government shutdown on Thursday a political game that needs to stop and could be solved in five minutes. Roe also disclosed he has signed a letter refusing his Congressional paycheck as long as the shutdown goes on.

Jan 17, 2019 at 5:30 PM
U.S. Rep. Phil Roe
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U.S. Rep. Phil Roe

What did Roe think about the HAAP explosion?

U.S. Rep. Phil Roe initially told reporters in a Friday conference call that the U.S. Army had not reached out to him regarding Thursday’s fire and explosion at the Holston Army Ammunition Plant. “They have not. I was so deeply involved in what’s here. You just presented news to me because I didn’t know about it,” Roe said.

Jan 4, 2019 at 8:30 PM
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Inside Politics

Why Trump needs Alexander now

If President Trump needs someone to broker a deal to reopen the federal government, Lamar Alexander just might be the guy. Alexander, who now chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, has a history of reaching across the aisle to make deals. 

Dec 26, 2018 at 5:30 PM
U.S. Rep. Phil Roe
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U.S. Rep. Phil Roe

Roe: 'I don't want to shut the government down'

The “raw politics” involved in doing a spending deal, said Roe, are complicated by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who will run for House speaker when Democrats take control of the House in 2019.

Dec 20, 2018 at 5:00 PM
U.S. Rep. Phil Roe
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U.S. Rep. Phil Roe

Roe says House Dems will investigate rather than legislate

“They’ll investigate,” U.S. Rep. Phil Roe said Friday “I talked to Devin Nunes last night at some length who’s now chairman of the Intel Committee. He said ‘We’re going to forget intelligence on this committee’ and that would be unfortunate. I think we obviously need an immigration bill done. The holy grail is ACA (Affordable Care Act) for them.”

Nov 16, 2018 at 8:30 PM
U.S. Rep. Phil Roe
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U.S. Rep. Phil Roe

Roe cruises to sixth term in House

U.S. Rep. Phil Roe, chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs and a solid supporter of President Trump, defeated Democrat challenger Marty Olsen and independent Michael D. Salyer.

Nov 6, 2018 at 9:09 PM
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marsha Blackburn autographs a photo of one of President Trump's rallies held for her Tennessee campaign during a rally held at Pal's Sudden Service.
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Marsha Blackburn's U.S. Senate campaign

Blackburn: 'When the blue wave gets to the Tennessee state line, it is crashing into the great red wall'

KINGSPORT – Republican Marsha Blackburn predicted victory in her contentious U.S. Senate race against Democrat Phil Bredesen at a rally held Monday morning at the downtown Pal’s Sudden Service. If you entered the location and said you were there to support Blackburn, the campaign picked up the tab for the order.

Nov 5, 2018 at 6:30 PM
Marty Olsen
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Marty Olsen's campaign for Congress

Olsen: 'I have taken a no Pelosi pledge, and I took it a year ago'

Olsen, a Johnson City physician, is up against incumbent GOP U.S. Rep. Phil Roe in a Northeast Tennessee district that hasn’t elected a Democrat since Reconstruction.

Oct 24, 2018 at 5:30 PM
U.S. Rep. Phil Roe
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U.S. Rep. Phil Roe

'It was not the proudest moment in the Senate’s history'

U.S. Rep. Phil Roe called the furor over Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nominating a “circus” with uncertain political fallout. Roe also weighed on the other hot political topic in Washington – whether or not President Trump should fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who oversees the Russia investigation, amid a New York Times report saying Rosenstein considered using the 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to oust Trump from office.

Sep 29, 2018 at 11:30 AM
The U.S. Chamber's Moore Hallmark, left, stands with U.S. Rep. Phil Roe after handing off the chamber's "Spirit of Enterprise" award for Roe's pro-business voting record at a Kingsport Chamber luncheon.
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U.S. Rep. Phil Roe

U.S. Chamber of Commerce gives award to Roe

U.S. Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn., again received the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Spirit of Enterprise Award for his 93 percent pro-business voting record in Congress in 2017.

Sep 18, 2018 at 12:19 PM
East Tennessee State University History Professor Daryl Carter noted people have gotten lazy and are more prone to click on news or social media that agrees with their views.
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Humanities Tennessee

Community Conversation highlights need for people to vote

KINGSPORT — We are by nature political beings, yet Tennessee ranks at the bottom in voting and voter registration, concerned citizens were told Tuesday at a Kingsport Chamber Community Conversation event to help jump-start democracy. Attendees talked about the lack of civil discourse in our current political climate; an obligation to vote to honor those who paid the ultimate price for freedom; being able to tell between truth and lies; starting a movement to take kids to the polls; and issues like gerrymandering.

Aug 29, 2018 at 7:30 PM
U.S. Rep. Phil Roe, left, shown here talking with Border Patrol agents, said more agents are needed and that they support building a border wall.
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U.S. Rep. Phil Roe

Roe tours border, says officers support wall

U.S. Rep. Phil Roe said he went to the U.S.-Mexico border near El Paso, Tex., last week because he was disturbed by the behavior of people who disrupted his June campaign kickoff “based on limited information about what was going on at the border.”

Aug 16, 2018 at 8:35 AM
U.S. Rep. Phil Roe
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U.S. Rep. Phil Roe

Roe cruises to victory in First Congressional District GOP primary

Roe, who is seeking a sixth term in office, defeated Todd McKinley and Mickie Lou Banyas in Northeast Tennessee’s First District Congressional GOP Primary. The Associated Press declared Roe the victor less than an hour after the polls closed. Roe took 72 percent of the early/absentee voting in Sullivan County.

Aug 2, 2018 at 8:51 PM
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