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U.S. Rep. Phil Roe

Roe: Impeachment inquiry is 'a lot of something about nothing'

U.S. Rep. Phil Roe says he had read the transcript of Trump's telephone conversation with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine that got an impeachment inquiry rolling.

Sep 28, 2019 at 5:45 PM
Brince Manning of the U.S. Chamber, left, presents the Spirit of Enterprise Award to U.S. Rep. Phil Roe. The award is given to members of Congress based on their votes on critical business legislation.
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Kingsport Chamber

Roe: Attack on Iran 'will be bad for the whole world'

The chamber luncheon was held so Roe could give an update on what's happening in Congress and for an annual presentation of the U.S. Chamber's Spirit of Enterprise Award to Roe for his pro-business votes in 2018.

Sep 16, 2019 at 5:45 PM
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U.S. Rep. Phil Roe

Roe not buying committee's look into impeachment

"It is a complete waste of time," Roe, R-Tennessee, said in a conference call with reporters. "We don't even know yet all of what happened on the Russia investigation, the Mueller investigation. We're still uncovering stuff that went on with FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court) abuse. I won't vote for another bill that doesn't have some protections from FISA. It turned out the Russia collusion was nothing. It was zero. I don't know what you impeach somebody for because you don't like him, I guess."

Sep 12, 2019 at 10:00 PM
U.S. Rep. Phil Roe, right, visits with state Rep. David Hawk of Greeneville after a meeting with state lawmakers to discuss everything from mental health to Medicaid.
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U.S. Rep. Phil Roe

What will Congress do about mass shootings? Roe says lawmakers will weigh options

"There's good verbiage about red flag laws," Roe, R-Tennessee, said during a meeting with reporters at his district office in Kingsport. "What that means is if someone is a danger, you can have some length of time, four or five days, where they can maintain a person's due process rights because you are innocent until proven guilty here."

Updated Aug 14, 2019 at 2:45 PM
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U.S. Rep. Phil Roe

Roe: Time to move on from Mueller probe

"I was actually surprised how poorly he answered questions," Roe, R-Tennessee, said in a conference call with reporters. "I don't know Bob Mueller. I was in a top secret briefing with him about eight years ago ... that didn't seem to be the same Bob Mueller who spoke that day, I will say that."

Jul 30, 2019 at 10:15 PM
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U.S. Rep. Phil Roe

Roe: Southern border is open for families

Roe, co-chair of the House GOP Doctors Caucus, recently visited the southern border with caucus members to see how illegal immigrants are processed and to assess medical conditions.

Jul 11, 2019 at 5:45 PM
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U.S. Rep. Phil Roe

Roe: 'Humanitarian crisis' is at southern border

U.S. Rep. Phil Roe, a retired physician, said in the next few weeks he will be going to the border with the GOP doctor's caucus to see firsthand what is happening.

Jun 13, 2019 at 5:30 PM
Educators talked about Gov. Bill Lee's move to add more school resource officers across the state and using telemedicine to prevent student suicide during their meeting with U.S. Rep. Phil Roe at right.
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U.S. Rep. Phil Roe

Educators air school safety concerns with Roe

When asked for his position on arming teachers, U.S. Rep. Phil Roe responded: “I can’t imagine Miss Childs, my first-grade teacher, carrying a nine millimeter, but there are people, friends of mine, who are extremely well trained in the military and would have no problem with them having a weapon there. I would feel better if they did.”

May 28, 2019 at 8:30 PM
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U.S. Rep. Phil Roe

Roe: House Dems won't move on from Mueller Report

“This is over,” U.S. Rep. Phil Roe. “There was no collusion. As best I can tell, there was no crime to start with … I don’t know how you can obstruct something that wasn’t a crime.”

May 3, 2019 at 1:05 PM
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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