Sen. Tuberville blasts Democrats for not supporting resolution to reopen Capitol: ‘Something they can control’
‘Enough’s enough,’ Tuberville said of the lingering Capitol closure Senator Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., explained to Fox News Digital on Tuesday why he is supporting a resolution to reopen the U.S. Capitol to the public despite no support for the measure from his Democratic colleagues. Tuberville joined 26 of his fellow Republicans, led by Sen. Bill […]
Sen. Tommy Tuberville introduces legislation to modify language on GI Bill benefits
Washington — Sen. Tommy Tuberville introduced legislation to require the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense to update the language used on official forms to clarify the information when a service member elects to have their GI Bill benefit transferred to a dependent. “Our service members and their families sacrifice greatly for […]
Tuberville offers bill banning IRS from mandating taxpayer use of facial recognition, collecting biometrics data
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) this week abandoned its plans to require citizens to utilize facial recognition technology to file taxes, access refunds and log in to government accounts. The agency’s plan would have forced taxpayers to submit a facial identification scan by way of video recording to a third-party company. According to the New York […]
Tuberville cosponsors legislation to make Daylight Saving Time year-round
Bipartisan efforts are underway in Congress to make Daylight Saving Time (DST) permanent across the United States, a practice that is currently reserved for only the nation’s warmer months. U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Saks) last year introduced legislation to make DST year-round. Earlier this week, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) added his name to the list of […]
U.S. Sen. Tuberville: ‘Absolutely amazing’ how Biden in one year single-handedly ‘destroyed our energy supply’
Last week, a federal judge canceled more than 80 million acres of oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico. According to the court, the Biden administration did not sufficiently take so-called climate change into account when it auctioned the leases late last year. The cancellation will profoundly impact Alabama’s economy, given that the […]
Tommy Tuberville cosponsors bill to make Daylight Savings Time permanent
U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville joined fellow senator Marco Rubio in an effort to make Daylight Saving Time (DST) permanent across the country. Tuberville became a cosponsor of the Sunshine Protection Act in a show of support for modernizing the antiquated practice of adjusting daylight hours twice a year. Although many states have pushed to make DST permanent, a change in the federal statute is […]
