There are 146 article(s) tagged David Kustoff:

• January 2021

  • City’s elected officials in D.C. respond to protesters storming Capitol

    Here is the latest from the city’s representatives in the U.S. House and Senate.

    By Bill Dries January 07, 2021

• December 2020

  • Cohen, Kustoff vote for veto override, split on larger stimulus checks

    The two Republican U.S. senators representing Tennessee have not commented on the override of the Defense Authorization Act veto by Trump or the move to boost stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000 per person. 

    By Bill Dries December 30, 2020

  • Alexander, Blackburn split on COVID-19 relief bill

    The city’s representatives in the U.S. Senate split on the bipartisan $900 billion package while the city’s two Congressmen both voted for the bill.

    By Bill Dries December 22, 2020

  • Kustoff among Republican House members supporting Texas election lawsuit

    U.S. Rep. David Kustoff of Germantown is among 106 Republican members of the House who signed an amicus brief Thursday, Dec. 10, in support of the Texas lawsuit seeking to overturn the outcome of the November presidential general election.

    By Bill Dries December 10, 2020

  • Sanford: As Republican leaders fiddle, democracy hangs in the balance

    Trump’s inexplicable refusal to accept the outcome of a fair election, combined with the shameful complicity from elected Republican leaders, is driving our country to the brink of chaos.

    By Otis Sanford December 10, 2020

  • Sanford: A Biden presidency means Dunavant’s days as federal prosecutor are numbered

    Democrat Joe Biden’s election as the 46th president brings the virtual certainty that there will be a new U.S. attorney and U.S. marshal for West Tennessee.

    By Otis Sanford December 03, 2020

• October 2020

  • Kustoff addresses COVID-19, election at Collierville luncheon

    The congressman from Germantown addressed the environment in Washington, D.C., ahead of the election.

    By Abigail Warren October 27, 2020

• September 2020

  • Barrett nomination spurs call for Rhodes community to rise to ‘great challenges’

    Rhodes College President Marjorie Hass urges the college to rise to the “great challenges” of Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, and others praise the the Notre Dame law professor’s commitment to equality and women’s rights.

    By Sam Stockard September 28, 2020

  • Kustoff says November election results could take a while

    The Germantown Republican says he thinks mail-in absentee voting could be manipulated and said recent changes in postal service began during the Obama administration.

    By Bill Dries September 01, 2020

• August 2020

  • Kustoff talks CARES Act, PPP and USPS during Bartlett chamber speech

    David Kustoff touts the CARES Act and Paycheck Protection Program, but says the most recent attempt at relief cost too much. He also says the postal service must adapt to new conditions.

    By Michael Waddell August 20, 2020

  • Cohen, Kustoff reflect Congressional divide over new COVID relief package

    The Congressmen, in their respective districts during Congress’ recess, say they are prepared to return to Washington if Democrats and Republicans can reach an accord on pandemic relief and stimulus funding. 

    By Bill Dries August 11, 2020

  • Opinion: The Outdoors Act brought us together

    Bipartisan support for this bill – including by Democratic U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, Republican U.S. Rep. David Kustoff, and Republican U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander – speaks volumes about the value of parks in our lives. 

    By Carol Coletta August 05, 2020

• July 2020

  • Shelby Republicans open campaign headquarters

    The Cordova headquarters opening spotlighted the only countywide race on the August ballot – the race for General Sessions Court Clerk between Democrat Joe Brown and Republican Paul Boyd.

    By Bill Dries July 06, 2020

• June 2020

  • Cohen pushes for Barr impeachment, sees partisan divide in police reform calls

    The city's top elected Democrat talked about Barr's coming appearance before the House next month and the police reform debate in Washington and in the streets of Memphis.

    By Bill Dries June 28, 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