There are 107 article(s) tagged David Kustoff:

• June 2020

  • Kustoff admits two congressional wrongs in providing COVID-19 relief

    Congressman said he would not support additional federal unemployment payments, but suggested perhaps a one-time, return-to-work bonus of up to $1,200.

    By Michael Waddell June 10, 2020

  • Lee Administration holding on to $1B in federal funds

    The Lee Administration is holding out hope it can use about $1 billion in CARES Act money to replace lost revenue, spending only about a fourth of $2.3 billion the federal government has sent Tennessee since the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

    By Sam Stockard June 08, 2020

• May 2020

  • Coronavirus live blog, April 16: Lee says economic reopening could focus on low-risk areas

    Gov. Bill Lee provides an update on economic recovery for Tennessee.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 08, 2020

  • Cohen says federal money for local government revenue losses could be in sixth relief bill

    In an online press conference Tuesday, Cohen also talked about offering mail-in absentee voting as an option to all in the November presidential general election.

    By Bill Dries May 05, 2020

• April 2020

  • Cohen complains of ‘rush’ to reopen state’s economy

    Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen and the city's other Congressman, Republican David Kustoff, return to D.C. later this week to vote on another installment of the CARES Act from very different political perspectives.

    By Bill Dries April 21, 2020

  • Pandemic Politics: From voting machines to handshakes, it’s changed things

    The pandemic has led to mail-in voting a third choice for a new voting system, and it has possibly made the hand shake a relic. And it could make the presidential race even closer than one nationally known analyst thought it was going to be.

    By Bill Dries April 20, 2020

  • Local leaders face ‘challenge’ of how and when to reopen economy

    Behind the Saturday trial opening of the city-owned Links at Whitehaven course is a lot of jockeying for positions by local businesses that want to be in the first wave of reopenings — from elective medical procedures by doctors to car washes and barber shops and nail salons to restaurants. 

    By Bill Dries, Abigail Warren April 18, 2020

• March 2020

  • Kustoff, Cohen join call for more federal assistance for Tennessee

    U.S. Reps. David Kustoff and Steve Cohen join Tennessee Congressional delegation in calling for more federal assistance to battle COVID-19.

    By Sam Stockard March 30, 2020

• February 2020

  • Opposition grows toward new postal cluster mailbox requirements

    Suburban cities are opposing new Postal guidelines requiring cluster mailboxes. U.S. Rep. David Kustoff is co-sponsoring a bill that would not allow the Postal Service to require the measure retroactively. 

    By Abigail Warren February 23, 2020

  • Collierville kicks off celebration 150 years in the making

    Collierville kicked off a year-long celebration of the town's sesquicentennial Monday. 

    By Abigail Warren February 17, 2020

  • Alexander, Blackburn vote not guilty in Senate impeachment trial

    The acquittal votes were expected, but there were differences in the reasoning offered by the two Republican Senators. Also reaction from the city's two Congressional representatives.

    By Bill Dries February 05, 2020

  • Burying children is ‘saddest thing,’ Hardaway says in touting new law

    Spurred by deaths of children, local legislators pushing laws to stiffen shooting penalties.

    By Sam Stockard February 04, 2020

• January 2020

  • Pence links Trump administration policies to King’s legacy

    The vice president talked of Trump administration gains during a speech at Holy City Church of God In Christ in Raleigh after touring the National Civil Rights Museum. 

    By Bill Dries January 20, 2020

  • Cohen makes Trump impeachment trial prediction at town hall meeting

    The city's elected representatives in Washington reacted in different ways to the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump set to begin next week. Meanwhile, they have found rare common ground on the passage of the USMCA trade agreement.

    By Bill Dries January 17, 2020

• December 2019

  • Memphis representatives in D.C. take starkly different positions on impeachment

    The city’s two Congressmen, David Kustoff and Steve Cohen, have long had different views on removing President Donald Trump. Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn is a vocal opponent of the process while fellow Republican U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander has avoided comment.

    By Bill Dries December 10, 2019

• November 2019

  • State Rep. Hardaway: Investigation needed into ‘business aspect’ of NCAA

    With Memphis in an uproar over the eligibility of University of Memphis star James Wiseman, state Rep. G.A. Hardaway says he plans to push for a probe of the “business aspect” of the NCAA.

    By Sam Stockard November 15, 2019

• October 2019

  • Amid Trump controversy, Pence demands passage of new North American trade agreement

    Calling on Democrats to drop political attacks, Vice President Mike Pence pushed Monday for passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement at a Tyson Foods plant in Goodlettsville.

    By Sam Stockard October 08, 2019

  • HUD’s Ben Carson praises Union Row and Opportunity Zones

    The tax advantages of the new Opportunity Zone program motivate investors to stay involved in new developments for the long-term, which help make struggling areas thrive, HUD Secretary Ben Carson says.

    By Tom Bailey October 04, 2019

• September 2019

  • Cohen and Kustoff differ on Trump impeachment inquiry

    Reaction to the opening of an impeachment inquiry announced Tuesday by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also included Republican U.S. Senate contender Bill Hagerty.

    By Bill Dries September 24, 2019

• August 2019

  • Kustoff, Leatherwood talk politics at area chamber events

    Two of the area's elected representatives, one at the state level and one at the federal, addressed suburban constituents this week on topics ranging from business, to President Trump to former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada.

    By Michael Waddell August 14, 2019

• July 2019

  • Nelson: David Kustoff for … governor?

    Kustoff’s career has mostly centered on federal offices, but if he’s open to another path to advancement, it might be the time for him to start focusing on Tennessee-specific issues that a candidate for governor will have to address.

    By Michael Nelson July 23, 2019

• May 2019

  • Cohen calls Barr ‘chicken’ as Republicans back attorney general

    U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen of Memphis reacted to Attorney General William Barr's no-show before the House Judiciary Committee Thursday by bringing a ceramic chicken and a bucket of KFC. The reaction of the city's Republican representatives in Washington has been decidedly different.

    By Bill Dries May 02, 2019

• April 2019

  • Memphis congressional leaders react to redacted Mueller report

    Local legislators reacted along party lines Thursday to the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference into the 2016 presidential election.

    By Omer Yusuf April 19, 2019

• March 2019

  • Memphis’ congressional representatives react to Mueller report

    The Mueller report hasn’t been released publicly, but local representatives in the U.S. House and Senate have differing views based on what they know about it.

    By Bill Dries March 25, 2019

• February 2019

  • Cohen testimony draws no reaction from three of Memphis’ four Congress members

    As President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen testified on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Memphis' congressional representatives were each doing other things in the course of their duties – and three of the four were saying nothing about Cohen’s testimony.

    By Bill Dries February 28, 2019