Yellowhammer: Tuberville introduces legislation to protect farmland
Sens. Tommy Tuberville and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) introduced bipartisan legislation Wednesday to protect American agricultural land from foreign ownership. The Protecting America’s Agricultural Land from Foreign Harm Act bans the sale of farmland to any business or entity associated with Iran, North Korea, China, or Russia. “The surge of foreign-owned agricultural land in the U.S. demonstrates the […]
CBS 42: Sen. Tommy Tuberville hosts roundtable on fentanyl
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — As the fentanyl crisis continues in the U.S., Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville is working to find solutions to help save lives. He hosted a roundtable Wednesday with local experts. State leaders are working to bring awareness to the fentanyl crisis and what’s being done to address it. That was the topic up for […]
AL.com: Watch Tommy Tuberville, experts talk fentanyl crisis in Alabama
Fentanyl is the leading cause of a surge in overdose deaths in Alabama and across the nation. On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville and other experts joined AL.com to talk about the fentanyl crisis in Alabama and what can be done to handle it. The event was livestreamed on AL.com’s Facebook page and YouTube page at 11 a.m. CST. The town hall […]
1819 News: ‘Asleep at the wheel’: Tuberville calls out Biden administration on seizure of Vulcan port in Mexico; warns door opened for Chinese influence
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) says the Biden administration is “asleep at the wheel,” leaving the door open for Chinese influence in Latin America after Mexico seized the port of a Birmingham-based construction firm Vulcan Materials. According to Vulcan CEO J. Thomas Hill, early on March 14, Mexican authorities seized control of a Vulcan terminal on the Yucatán […]
Yellowhammer: Tuberville, Carl visit SOUTHCOM, Panama
Sen. Tommy Tuberville and U.S Rep. Jerry Carl visited the U.S. Southern Command and Panama with a delegation of other lawmakers. The group met with military leaders, diplomatic officials, and trade experts to address securing America’s southern border, fighting China’s increasing influence in the region, and halting human trafficking and drug smuggling. At SOUTHCOM headquarters in Miami, […]
Yellowhammer: Tuberville: Vulcan quarry occupation a threat to supply chain
Calling it a threat to the international supply chain, Sen. Tommy Tuberville decried the Mexican military’s occupation of Birmingham-based Vulcan Materials quarry facility in Quintana Roo. “President Biden’s failure of leadership has only emboldened Mexico to continue taking hostile action against Vulcan that puts employees at risk and jeopardizes our supply chains in the southeast region of […]
