WASHINGTON – As the 118th Congress comes to an end, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) issued a statement highlighting some of the wins he delivered for Alabama this Congress:
“I am proud of the wins we delivered for Alabama this Congress,” said Senator Tuberville. “We gave our troops a raise, cut funding for woke DEI and gender transition surgeries at the DOD, successfully passed legislation to protect defrauded veterans, funded poison centers and protected kids, fought to put our farmers first, and led the charge to protect women’s sports. Perhaps the best news for Alabamians this year was the reelection of President Donald J. Trump. With control of the White House, Senate, and House, we can get started on day one delivering wins for Alabama and the American people. My priorities next Congress will be getting Space Command moved back to Huntsville, restoring lethality in our military, getting woke politics out of the VA and DoD, preserving Title IX protections for women and girls everywhere, and getting a common-sense Farm Bill passed.”
FOCUSING ON ALABAMIANS:
- Remaining Responsive: More than 6,000 federal cases closed on behalf of Alabama constituents.
- Keeping Alabamians Informed: Sen. Tuberville participated in nearly 400 interviews with local Alabama print, radio and TV outlets to keep Alabamians informed of his work in Washington, D.C.
- Preserving Alabama’s Heritage: Sen. Tuberville introduced legislation to reauthorize the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area in Northwest Alabama for another 15 years and establish a new Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area. Both pieces of legislation were signed into law as part of the National Heritage Area Act. Sen. Tuberville also introduced the Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary Act to preserve a submerged ancient forest near Gulf Shores.
- Protecting Alabama’s Children: Sen. Tuberville introduced the Poison Control Centers Reauthorization Act of 2024 to reauthorize America’s 55 poison control centers—including Alabama’s Poison Center at Children’s of Alabama—through 2029.
- Bringing NCAA Tournament back to Birmingham: Following a letter that Sen. Tuberville and Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) sent to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) President Charlie Baker, theNCAA announced the first and second rounds of March Madness men’s and women’s basketball games will return to Birmingham on March 17-19, 2028.
- Boosting Gulf Energy Production: Sen. Tuberville successfully challenged the Biden administration over the disastrous Rice’s whale rule, which would have established a 28,000-square-mile protected habitat for the Rice’s whale within the Gulf of Mexico, despite a lack of evidence presenting the need for such a large area. Additionally, he joined several Republican senators in introducing the Warding Off Hostile Administrative Lease Efforts (WHALE) Act to prevent the U.S. Departments of Commerce and Interior from issuing maritime rules related to the Rice’s whale that would impede offshore energy development and military activities.
HELPING AG PRODUCERS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES:
- Listening to Needs of Alabama’s Agriculture Community: Sen. Tuberville and members of his team hosted listening sessions with members of Alabama’s agriculture communities and led a tour of Alabama’s forest industry and forest products supply chains to hear firsthand how he can support them in Washington, D.C. Sen. Tuberville introduced several pieces of legislation based on this feedback, including the Mid-South Oilseed Double Cropping Study Act of 2023 andFarmers’ Market Expansion Act of 2023, which were included in the Senate Republican Farm Bill framework.
- Securing America’s Farmland and AG Supply Chains: Sen. Tuberville led efforts to prevent foreign adversaries from having undue influence in our agriculture supply chains after reports surfaced of increased purchases of American farmland from the Chinese Communist Party. He introduced legislation to permanently add the Secretary of Agriculture to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and provide the Secretary authority to flag all U.S. farmland acquisitions by foreign adversaries including China, North Korea, Russia, and Iran. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the companion legislation. Sen. Tuberville also introduced several other pieces of legislation to build on his work, including the Foreign Adversary Risk Management Act, Securing America’s Land from Foreign Interference Act, and AFIDA Improvements Act of 2024.
STANDING UP FOR VETERANS:
- Protecting Defrauded Veterans: Sen. Tuberville reintroduced the Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act to reissue misused benefits to a beneficiary or the veteran’s estate in cases where the beneficiary predeceased reissuance. The bill was signed into law, marking a series of bills from Sen. Tuberville which implement small, but meaningful changes in how the VA delivers care and benefits to veterans.
- Remembering Alabama’s Heroes: Sen. Tuberville led efforts in the U.S. Senate to name the VA facility in Guntersville after Marshall County native and Medal of Honor recipient Colonel Ola Lee Mize.
- Demanding Accountability at the VA: Sen. Tuberville pressed Senate VA Committee Chairman Tester to hold a hearing on the budget mismanagement and greater accountability measures at the VA that led to a multi-billion dollar emergency appropriation.
FIGHTING TO PROTECT TITLE IX AND COLLEGE SPORTS:
- Protecting Title IX and Women’s Sports: In March 2024, Sen. Tuberville forced a vote on an amendment that would protect female athletes by keeping men out of women’s sports—all 51 Democrats voted against it. Sen. Tuberville originally introduced the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act in 2022, but Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) had refused to bring it to the floor for a vote. Sen. Tuberville put 51 Democrats on record voting against protecting women’s sports.
- Fighting to Protect Female Olympic Sports: Sen. Tuberville introduced the Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act to prohibit any governing body recognized by the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) from allowing men to participate in any athletic event intended for females.
- Preserving Integrity of College Sports: Sen. Tuberville introduced the Protecting Athletes, Schools, and Sports (PASS) Act of 2023 to protect student-athletes, maintain fair competition and compensation, strengthen transparency, and preserve the time-honored tradition of college sports. In drafting the bill, Sen. Tuberville solicited feedback from athletic leaders, including university athletic directors, administrators, associations, collectives and student-athlete groups from across the country to build consensus and garner support.
PROTECTING SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND TAXPAYERS:
- Repealing the Corporate Transparency Act: Sen. Tuberville introduced legislation to repeal the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and protect small businesses. Signed into law as part of the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the CTA requires individuals with an ownership interest in a limited liability company (LLC) to disclose personal data with the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). The CTA specifically targets American small business owners—and failure to comply could result in up to two years of jail time and fines of up to $10,000 per violation. Sen. Tuberville’s legislation, the Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act, would overturn the CTA in its entirety. Due in part to Sen. Tuberville’s advocacy, a federal judge has paused implementation of the CTA. Sen. Tuberville will continue fighting for a full repeal of the law on behalf of small business owners and taxpayers everywhere.
BOLSTERING OUR NATIONAL SECURITY AND DEFENSE:
- Giving our Troops a Raise: As Alabama’s voice on the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Tuberville is laser-focused on making sure Alabama’s troops have a seat at the table in Washington, D.C. That’s why he helped secure a 14.5% pay raise for junior enlisted servicemembers and a 4.5% pay raise for all other service members as a part of this year’s NDAA.
- Ending DEI and Protecting Taxpayers from Paying for Gender-Transition Surgeries: Sen. Tuberville secured two major conservative wins in this year’s NDAA. The first is redirecting all DEI funds to be used for counterdrug initiatives and countering transnational organized crime to obstruct the flow of illegal aliens and illicit drugs, such as fentanyl, from coming across President Biden’s wide-open border. The second permanently bans the DoD from providing minors with gender dysphoria medical treatments, like hormones and puberty blockers, that could result in sterilization.
Senator Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the United States Senate and is a member of the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans’ Affairs, and HELP Committees.
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