U.S. Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN-01) and his colleagues in the House Republican Doctors Caucus recently sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asking her to resume “in-person legislative business.”
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Phil Roe Calls on IRS to Process Payments to Vulnerable Veterans without Delay
U.S. Rep. Phil Roe M.D. (R-TN-01) encouraged the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the U.S. Department of the Treasury this week to expedite processing of stimulus payments for veterans without further delay.
Read the full storyU.S. Rep. Phil Roe Lays Out Likely Timelines for a COVID-19 Recovery, Vaccine
U.S. Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN-01) said Monday that people are working, “at an unprecedented speed,” to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, although the public might not have it for a while.
But for right now, and before the market can offer that vaccine, Roe, a physician, said different regions of the United States won’t likely recover from the virus all at once.
Read the full storyU.S. Rep. Phil Roe: America Prepared if China Withholds Life-Saving Medications During Coronavirus Emergency
America has a contingency plan in case China, as threatened, withholds life-saving medications to the United States during the coronavirus emergency, U.S. Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN-01) said Friday.
Read the full storyPhil Roe Wants to Tackle Surprise Medical Billing, Veterans Suicides Before He Leaves Office
U.S. Rep. Phil Roe, (R-TN-01) says one of his goals before he retires is to pass bipartisan legislation to resolve the issue of surprise medical billing.
Read the full storyScott DesJarlais and Phil Roe Speak Out on Iranian War Powers Resolution
Two Tennessee congressmen have weighed in on the Iranian War Powers Resolution.
Read the full storyPhil Roe Announces He’s Retiring From Congress
U.S. Rep. Phil Roe, (R-TN-01) announced Friday he will soon retire from Congress.
Read the full storyTennessee Voters Make Good on Donald Trump Call to Action on Border Standoff
Tennessee Republican Congressman Phil Roe reportedly said people are calling his office in record numbers to discuss the federal government shutdown and the proposed wall along the U.S. and Mexican border President Donald Trump wants. As the Little Rock-based KARK TV station reported this week, Trump urged Americans to contact their representatives in Washington, D.C. and tell them they support his fight for a border wall. The station contacted congressmen and U.S. senators from Arkansas and Tennessee to gauge whether Trump’s call to action was having an effect. Roe, the station went on to say, supports the proposed wall, especially after “he saw the need firsthand during a trip to the border last summer.” “We have drug introduction. We have sexual trafficking. We have human trafficking,” KARK quoted Roe as saying. Arkansas Republican U.S. Senator Tom Cotton said his office was “jam-packed” with calls also, but that most of the people calling wanted to talk about the government shutdown. The station also interviewed U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis. Cohen told the station very few people were calling his office and that those who did complained about the government shutdown. Last week Vice President Mike Pence called into the Rush Limbaugh…
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