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U.S. Rep. Phil Roe

Roe cites ‘huge surge’ in immigrants during town hall meeting

BLOUNTVILLE — “How many people think we need open borders?” U.S. Rep. Phil Roe asked that question to about 30 constituents near the end of an immigration town hall meeting held Tuesday night at the Sullivan County Justice Center. No one raised their hand.

Apr 17, 2019 at 10:45 AM
U.S. Rep. Phil Roe, shown here talking to law enforcement leaders, noted Congress hasn't done its job to secure the southern border.
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U.S. Rep. Phil Roe

What does law enforcement worry about?

KINGSPORT — New officer recruitment and increasing gang activity were among the top concerns expressed to U.S. Rep. Phil Roe during a law enforcement roundtable discussion on Monday.

Apr 16, 2019 at 8:52 AM
U.S. Rep. Phil Roe
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U.S. Rep. Phil Roe

Roe: 'What's going on at the border is tough'

Roe: ‘We’re going to do a Town Hall in the next couple weeks at home just on immigration and hear what’s on people’s minds about that issue … problems are still the same and getting worse. Over 100,000 people last month came into the country that we apprehended … I don’t know how many actually got in here … they think that as the weather warms up, it’s going to get worse. The president has tried about everything he can try to get the funding he needs to secure our border. I certainly want to help him do that.’

Apr 10, 2019 at 8:00 PM
U.S. Rep. Phil Roe
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U.S. Rep. Phil Roe

'I think it's time to move on'

U.S. Rep. Phil Roe was critical of the Mueller Trump-Russia investigation but told reporters in a Thursday conference call that it is time to move on. “Basically he had a team that spent $25 million dollars, almost two years with the actual investigation going on for two and a half years on Russian collusion which included 19 lawyers, none of which had ever donated a penny to Republicans, many of them had donated sizable amounts of money to Democrats.”

Mar 28, 2019 at 7:00 PM
U.S. Rep. Phil Roe
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U.S. Rep. Phil Roe

Roe: Grounding 737 MAX aircraft was right move

“I think the president (Donald Trump) was correct in asking for those planes to be grounded,” Roe said in a conference call. “I personally fly four flights a week. I would have been reluctant, quite frankly, to get on a 737 8 or 9 MAX until they figure out what’s wrong with it … There’s a design flaw or something that is making that airplane difficult to fly.”

Mar 14, 2019 at 10:00 PM
U.S. Rep. Phil Roe
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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
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