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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
U.S. Rep. Phil Roe
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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
U.S. Rep. Phil Roe
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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
U.S. Rep. Phil Roe
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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
U.S. Rep. Phil Roe
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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
U.S. Rep. Phil Roe
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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
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
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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
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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