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118-hr-2670·Dec 7, 2023·85% of R voted YES
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
Tuberville Calls for End of Harmful Biden-era Heat Rule » Coach Tommy Tuberville
Position: Senator Tuberville opposes the Biden-era federal heat safety standards for workers, arguing they are outdated and threaten jobs and worker safety. He introduced legislation to reverse the rule.
Newsroom | Press Releases
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) in introducing the Heat Workforce Standards Act to protect workers from the dangerous Biden-era heat standards that threaten jobs and create new safety risks.
This comes after Sen. Tuberville and his colleagues sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) calling for the DOL to reverse the ruling.
“Alabama’s workers are on the frontlines of making our state the best it can be,” said Sen. Tuberville. “The lives of our workers should not be on the line just for doing their job. The current heat rule is far outdated and in need of a major overhaul — this bill would do just that.”
Sens. Tuberville and Cassidy were joined by Sens. Ted Budd (R-NC), John Cornyn (R-TX), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Steve Daines (R-MT), and Jim Risch (R-ID) in introducing the legislation.
AICC, The Independent Packaging Association, Alliance for Chemical Distribution (ACD), American Bakers Association, American Building Materials Alliance, American Craft Spirits Association, American Lighting Association, American Pipeline Contractors Association, American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA), American Supply Association, Americans for Prosperity, Associated Equipment Distributors, Associated Industries of Florida, Brick Industry Association, Distribution Contractors Association, Family Business Coalition , Florida Attractions Association, Florida Farm Bureau Federation, Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association, Gases and Welding Distributors Association, Heating, Air-conditioning, & Refrigeration Distributors International, Idaho Farm Bureau Federation, Independent Electrical Contractors, Indiana Farm Bureau, International Franchise Association, Mason Contractors Association of America, National Apartment Association, National Association of Convenience Stores, National Association of Manufacturers, National Electrical Contractors Association, National Energy & Fuels Institute, National Federation of Independent Business, National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association, National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA), National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, National Restaurant Association, National RV Dealers Association (RVDA), North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers (NAFEM), Pennsylvania Utility Contractors Association, Petroleum Equipment Institute (PEI), Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS), Plastics Pipe Institute, Pool & Hot Tub Alliance (PHTA), Power & Communication Contractors Association, PRINTING United Alliance, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance, Steel Tank Institute/Steel Plate Fabricators Association (STI/SPFA), Treated Wood Council, and the Window and Door Manufacturers Association endorsed the legislation.
Read full text of the legislation here.
BACKGROUND:
Under current federal law, employers are required to take commonsense measures to protect their workers from heat.
In 2024, the Biden administration proposed a new rule requiring all employers, including small businesses, to comply with burdensome mandates on staffing, recordkeeping, and mandatory breaks tied to heat thresholds. These one-size-fits-all requirements create new safety risks on job sites that extend beyond heat-related injuries while making compliance nearly impossible for employers and workers. The rule would raise costs on small businesses, forcing them to eliminate jobs for hardworking Americans.
Recently, the Trump administration launched a program ensuring employers and workers know how to comply with the law and that workplaces do not have extreme heat hazards. The Republican legislation reflects current federal law that protects workers while giving clarity to workers and employers.
Senator Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the United States Senate and is a member of the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans’ Affairs, HELP and Aging Committees.
Tuberville Helps Introduce Bill Targeting Financial Aid Fraud » Coach Tommy Tuberville
Position: Senator Tuberville supports legislation to prevent fraudulent use of federal student aid by individuals using stolen or fake identities to submit false FAFSA applications.
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) helped introduce the No Aid for Ghost Students Act, which aims to stop fraudsters—often called “ghost students”—from using stolen or fake identities to submit FAFSA applications and take federal student aid money.
“Our young students work night and day to earn their spot on campus,” Sen. Tuberville said. “Zero federal student aid should go towards ghost students who are stealing money from Americans. As Co-Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions task force to root out waste, fraud, and abuse in education, I am proud to introduce this bill and will not stop until we eliminate all fraud.”
Read the exclusive on the bill here.
Tuberville Introduces Bill to Prevent Illegals from Receiving Federal Student Loans
Tuberville Joins Colleagues in Introducing Legislation to Provide Transparency for Students
Tuberville, Banks Call for End of Taxpayer-Funded Student Loans for Terrorists
Tuberville, Grassley Reintroduce Bill to Help Students Navigate College Costs
Tuberville: No Student Loan Bailouts for Convicted Antisemitic Protestors
Tuberville, Marshall Request Expedited Review of Financial Aid Applications
Senator Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the United States Senate and is a member of the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans’ Affairs, HELP and Aging Committees.
Tuberville Initiates Designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a Terrorist Organization » Coach Tommy Tuberville
Position: Senator Tuberville supports designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, arguing that the group poses a threat to U.S. national security and represents radical Islam incompatible with American values.
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) in cosponsoring the Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act. This bill implements a new modernized strategy for designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group.
“The Muslim Brotherhood is against everything this country stands for,” said Sen. Tuberville. “I have been sounding the alarm for months now about the danger that radical Islam poses to our sovereign nation. Designating this evil group as a terrorist organization is a great step towards eradicating Islamic extremism from our country.”
“The Muslim Brotherhood is a terrorist organization, and it provides support to Muslim Brotherhood branches that are terrorist organizations,” said Sen. Cruz.“One of those branches is Hamas, which on October 7 committed the worst single-day massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, which included the murder and kidnapping of at least 53 Americans. They are committed to the overthrow and destruction of America and other non-Islamist governments across the world, and pose an acute threat to American national security interests. American allies in the Middle East and Europe have already labeled the Brotherhood a terrorist organization, and the United States should do the same, and do so expeditiously.”
Sens. Tuberville and Cruz were joined by Sens. John Boozman (R-AR), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Dave McCormick (R-PA), Ashley Moody (R-FL), and Rick Scott (R-FL) in cosponsoring the legislation.
Representative Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL-26) introduced companion legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Read full text of the legislation here.
Tuberville Supports Immediate Deportation of Anyone in the U.S. Supporting Radical Islam
Tuberville Continues Push for Banning Sharia Law in America
Tuberville Joins Sharia-Free America Caucus to Warn of Rise of Radical Islam in U.S.
Tuberville calls for Mass Deportation of Radical Islamists
Tuberville on Radical Islam: “The Enemy is Now Inside the Gates”
Tuberville: “Radical Islam is Fundamentally Incompatible with out Western Values”
Tuberville: Ban Sharia Law and Eradicate Islamic Extremism from the United States of America
Senator Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the United States Senate and is a member of the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans’ Affairs, HELP and Aging Committees.
Tuberville Helps Introduce Bill to Support Apprenticeships, Strengthen American Workforce » Coach Tommy Tuberville
Position: Senator Tuberville supports legislation that improves data collection and measurement systems for apprenticeship programs to help states and sponsors replicate successful models and expand workforce training opportunities.
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) helped introduce the Apprenticeship Data Value Improvements to Create Employment (ADVICE) Act, which makes it easier for states and apprenticeship program sponsors to measure success in apprenticeship models by allowing them to create critical pay, retention, and program completion data. This will help states and apprenticeship program sponsors replicate proven models so more workers will have opportunities to participate.
“Four-year degrees aren’t for everyone,” Sen. Tuberville said.“Apprenticeships are a great way to provide students with on-the-job training while filling critical workforce demands. I’m proud to support this legislation and will continue to champion creating accessible pathways for students to find good-paying jobs.”
Tuberville Chairs Hearing on Advancing Workforce Development, Underscores Wins for Apprenticeships in OBBB
Tuberville Advocates for Improvements to Workforce Training Programs in Senate HELP Hearing
Tuberville Introduces Legislation to Improve Workforce Data, Boost Employment Opportunities
Tuberville Speaks to Experts on Apprenticeship Programs
Tuberville, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Encourage Americans to Pursue Skills Training and Credentialing Programs
Tuberville Praises Apprenticeship Programs: “It Gives Them an Opportunity”
Tuberville: “We Need to Train Kids for the Future Workforce”
Senator Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the United States Senate and is a member of the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans’ Affairs, HELP and Aging Committees.
Tuberville Speaks to Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. About MAHA Agenda » Coach Tommy Tuberville
Position: Senator Tuberville expresses support for the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) agenda, specifically advocating for stricter regulation of food additives and ingredients to align U.S. standards with European limits, and for protecting rural hospitals from wage-index-related financial pressures.
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) spoke with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about the work he is doing to promote the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) agenda. Specifically, Sen. Tuberville focused on protecting rural hospitals and banning dangerous dyes and unknown ingredients from our foods.
Read Sen. Tuberville’s remarks below or on YouTube or Rumble.
TUBERVILLE: “Thank you. Seven hearings in the last few weeks. […] Can we not let you do your job? I mean, we don't do much up here, so we might as well let you work.
But I'd like to address something on the food prices. I'm on the Ag Committee. That's where this ought to be. Biden administration put 150,000 farms out of business when they were in charge—150,000. We're not having any damn food if we don't watch it. And we better back our farmers and do everything we possibly can because that trash that we get out of Brazil and Asia that we're eating, it ain't MAHA, I promise you that. So, thank for what you're doing. You're a hero in my state because the kids are starting to understand the food pyramid. And you've pushed it and you've made it work. Again, I came from a former business that tried to eat right with supplements and working out and all of that, but it has caught fire and thank you for what you're doing and continue to do what you're doing. […]
One thing I wanna ask you is I see where in our country, we have 10,000 ingredients that we can use in food. But in Europe, they only use 400 or 500 food ingredients. Could you explain that?”
KENNEDY: “Yeah. And thank you for that, Coach. And this is something again that Senator Sanders has shown leadership on. Congress has talked about this [for] many years. I actually got it done. It's the GRAS standard—Generally Recognized As Safe. It's a loophole that was added in 1948 to the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act to exclude from the necessity of testing foods that were traditionally used like vinegar, salts, weed, etcetera. The food industry, because FDA has been captured for 50 years, hijacked that and put every new lab-created monstrosity through so it doesn't have to be tested. We have 10,000 ingredients in our country. We don't—the FDA doesn't even know what they are. We have no list of them anywhere. None of them have been adequately tested. And they have 400 in Europe. And we're trying to close that loophole now so that and then go back and we've already have the 38 most, worst of those chemicals under review. And we're going to get rid of the bad ones one at a time.”
TUBERVILLE: “Thank you. I'm going to say something about [what] Senator Kaine said earlier when he talked about Medicare and Medicaid. You know, in in my state it's gonna be a lot, like his state. You know, the wage index is killing us. Absolutely. And we but we can only change it through Congress. You know, it's been that way for forty years. And we struggle to keep our hospitals open. It's a simple fact that we're considered a low wage state. But don't you think things change in a 40-year period? We've really grown. Do you agree that Congress needs to fix this?”
KENNEDY: “Absolutely need to fix it. You know, Sheldon Whitehouse was here at the last hearing and talking about people in his state, doctors in his state get 20% less than a doctor right across the border in Massachusetts or Connecticut. The rural areas are the areas that are suffering the worst. I can't change it because of the Social Security Act. And but we need to change it or we're gonna lose all these rural hospitals.”
TUBERVILLE: “Thank you. And food dyes—petroleum-based synthetic food dies—thank you for what you're doing. Thank you. And it's we just need to keep that momentum going. It's so important. There's no reason we should be using those dyes in our food.
And just say a few words about psychedelic treatments for PTSD. Thank you and President Trump for what you're doing for veterans. It's worked. It's worked in our state, and thank you for agreeing to look into it and make it happen more and more. Could you say something about psychedelics?”
KENNEDY: “[…] Ibogaine specifically is the most promising treatment for depression and PTSD that anybody's ever seen. And right now, veterans who have served this country, who have come back from deployment with severe PTSD and who are killing themselves, 23 a day, they're having to go down to Mexico to get this treatment. We don't know much about doses. We don't know much about screening. We don't know much about the protocols. We need to get this promising treatment here. We need to do the proper studies and make it available to these vets, and we're doing that right away.”
TUBERVILLE: “Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.”
Senator Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the United States Senate and is a member of the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans’ Affairs, HELP and Aging Committees.
Tuberville Introduces Bill to Prevent Illegals from Receiving Federal Student Loans » Coach Tommy Tuberville
Position: Senator Tuberville supports legislation requiring the Department of Education to verify citizenship status and conduct background checks for federal student loan applicants, arguing that federal education loans should be limited to American citizens.
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) introduced the FAFSA Verification Act, which ensures the Department of Education has clear authority to verify the identities of everyone who applies for federal student loans through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The legislation specifically ensures that all federal loan applicants complete background checks, provide Social Security numbers, and are American citizens. The House companion to this legislation recently passed out of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
“As we’ve seen over the past few months in Minnesota, illegals have been treating American taxpayers like their personal ATMs,” Sen. Tuberville said. “Federal education loans should go to Americans, not illegals. This is just common sense. I look forward to working with my colleagues to eradicate fraud in federal student loans and to put American students first.”
Senator Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the United States Senate and is a member of the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans’ Affairs, HELP and Aging Committees.
Tuberville Supports American Farmers » Coach Tommy Tuberville
Position: Senator Tuberville expresses concern about the decline of American farming, the loss of farms and farmers, and the outsourcing of food production to foreign countries. He argues that agriculture is critical to national security and economic strength, and calls for greater support and protection of domestic farmers.
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WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) spoke on the Senate Floor in support of American farmers, who are the lifeblood of the United States. In his speech, Sen. Tuberville addresses his concerns about the mass outsourcing our country is doing with food production, as well as the dangers our country is facing with our foreign adversaries buying hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland nationwide.
Read the speech below or watch on YouTube and Rumble.
“Thank you, Mr. President. I'm back, again, talking about something that is very, very important to everybody in the United States with America. There should be alarms going off about what's happening. I know we are we have a lot of bad things happening all over the world. We're in conflicts. We're in situations where we're trying to control our own destiny when we're not getting a lot of help from a lot of people that we should be counting on. Well, let's talk about the United States of America for a second. Let's talk about our farmers. Our farmers are in trouble. We better wake up and smell the roses, because what's happening in this country should be a crime.
We have lost, just in the last few years, 150,000 farms and over 25,000 farmers. […] And we take pride in what we do in this country. We do everything as First-class as we possibly can. And we're running people out of business right and left, and it's getting worse. Nobody's listening. Nobody's out there pounding on all of our doors saying, ‘we need help’ other than the ones right now that are in desperate and dire need. Again, we have a lot of problems. But you'd think we have problems. We start and continue to lose these farmers that we have in this country, and we continue to eat to trash that is sent in from these foreign countries. We're gonna have many, many more problems.
It's a big deal because there's not one state in this country that doesn't deal in farming in some capacity. Not one state. We're all involved in it. We all have skin in the game. Agriculture is the backbone of who we are. And what we are. And if we're gonna continue to be the place that everybody wants to move to, to be a part of, and not a third world country, like a lot of these places that we're allowing to ship food into, and from, we'd better wake up. Now for some reason, the past administration either didn't understand the importance of agriculture or our farmers or put it bluntly. They really didn't give it down about it, to be honest with you. Instead, they were focused on outsourcing our food, our lumber, or fish, anything to do with farming or agriculture. We, for some reason, we're turning over everything to people outside our country.
And the people of the cream of the crop that are true Americans in this country are people in agriculture. You would think that we would learn the thing or two back during COVID. I can remember standing up here early part of COVID back in What was it 2020? And talking about how in the world have we allowed this country to outsource everything that we do medically? Because when we looked up and COVID was rampant, we're looking around for masks. We're looking around for drugs. We're looking around for things to save people's lives. And guess what? We don't make any of that stuff anymore. We outsourced it all. Now we're doing the same thing to farmers. You know, it's very dangerous to be reliant on countries like China, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Brazil, all these people that are either socialist or communist countries, we can't continue to do this. We can't do it.
We built this country on hard work and effort and not by handouts and not by cheap things that we buy to keep this country going such as what's coming from China or some of these third world countries. One thing that we need to be doing to help our farmers is we need to be tariffing the heck out of these countries that are sending in food that's taken over our grocery stores, and our restaurants that they say is great food. It is reliable. It is best in the world when it is nothing but trash. That's all it is. It's total trash.
And for some reason, because we think that the price is a little bit better, we're getting involved in that in terms of our grocery stores and our restaurants and we're serving things that we shouldn't be serving and is causing a lot more problems. You know, we've got the best food safety programs and standards in this country by far. We got to know where it was raised. We have to know what didn't spray on the food or where the fish was caught, all the things that go along with food safety, go along with farming.
You know, the past few decades, the beef packing industry has shrunk to the point that there's only a few plants processing the majority of our nation's cattle a day, and that is beyond stupid. Really, it is. Think of what we've done. We have outsourced most of our food processing, especially when it comes to beef, to these gigantic processing companies that, by the way, are owned, two of them, by foreign entities. President Trump did an executive order to try to get to the bottom of what these foreign owned meatpacking companies were doing because their prices were going so high. They were price fixing.
And what do you think is gonna happen when you run into a situation where you allow people to control the market? These foreign entities are controlling America's meat supply at the expense of American farmers, and their families, people that work hard like all of us in this country. Not to mention that the consolidation of these few processors has threatened Americans' food supply. In 1980, these foreign processors control about 36% of the beef market.
Now, today, these processing plants, two which are foreign controlled, 85% of the United States beef processing market. And we're asking for huge problems. I'm not a mathematician, but I know that those numbers that American owned small meat processors have been pushed out of business. And that's what they've done. That's how they do it. They try to control everything. So, they put in these 4 meat packing processing plants across this country, they control it all and the little guy’s gone. And this country was built on small businesses, small farms, everything that produced good product for United States citizens That's how we were that's how we were raised.
That's how we were brought up. We need to open up competition and find ways to support American meat processing plants. We've got to do it. That’s the job of our agriculture department. They have started working on that, started trying to open up more, see what we can do, but we cannot continue to allow four meat packing processing plants control everything that we do when it comes to beef. When I was growing up, it was common to see, ‘Made in America’ labels on everything in the store. Made in America. We're all proud of it. Now it's rare.
Most of the labels we see are ‘Made in China’ or ‘Made in India.’ I want to challenge everybody to when you go in the store you think that this product is made in America. All you have to do is look at the box or the can or whatever. You'll be very, very surprised where that product is made. And most of the time, it's not gonna be made in the good old USA. And it's hurting our American farmers. It is hurting us bad. They can put a name on it. They can put a label on it. But that doesn't mean a hill of beans. Unless it says ‘Made in America’, we're selling our country out. We're selling our farmers out. People that have built this country.
In addition to growing our own food and producing our own medicine, we need to be using our own cotton. Our cotton farmers are broke. They've had 3 bad years, and it's getting worse and worse every year. Now, this is planting season. They're putting all the cotton in the ground. […] They've got all these people out there working these $100,000 tractors and machines that they use to plant this cotton. And if you look at it at the end of the day, the cost of putting this cotton in the ground is far and above the amount of money that they'll receive when they sell this cotton. […]
We've allowed foreign countries to do everything they possibly can to outgrow and do things at a rate faster than us, and then we're allowing all this cotton to come in from other countries. Brazil is one. And again, if we continue to allow Brazil without tariffing these people and let them know, hey, you're gonna send your cotton in here. We're gonna have a tough time, and we're gonna lose our farmers. So, we're gonna start tariffing your cotton and put a price tag on it when it comes to this country. We do not owe Brazil one thing. Our farmers don't owe them anything. We owe our farmers in this country. In my state of Alabama, we're one of the top cotton producers in the country. We bring in more than $400 million of revenue every year to the State of Alabama.
Our stores are filled with shirts, jeans, towels, bedding. But the problem is, if you look on that tag, most of them are made overseas. Everything with cotton. We don't really use cotton in this country anymore unless it comes from overseas. American cotton farmers produce the highest quality of cotton in the world. But they're undercut by all this foreign junk that we're bringing in. So, there's a lot of work that goes into cotton production. And one thing about our cotton farmers, they work at it 365 days a year. They make the best product they possibly can. […]
My point here is that Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi and I are introducing a bill called Buying America Cotton Act. Now, here's the reason we're doing this. We have to save our cotton farmers. If we don't do it, in the next few years, it'll be over. They'll all be gone.
[…] When you buy something with cotton in it, that cotton is gonna come from a foreign entity. We have to do something to help, and there's a way to do it without costing a lot of money. There's a way to do it in this building. All we have to do is pass the Buying America Cotton Act to incentivize folks to buy American cotton and bolster our American cotton producers. Instead of arguing about bail outs when our cotton farmers go under, and they need help, of course, as the federal government, we try to help them out. But you can't help them out enough to where they can really survive a long period of time.
So, what we’re wanna do is get away from the subsidy part and give them an opportunity […] to give tax credits when people buy American cotton. That's all we wanna do. When people buy American cotton, they get a tax credit for it. If you buy Brazilian cotton, you don't get a tax credit. We have to do something to help our farmers, especially these cotton farmers. When farm when farm income improves, everything else improves. The net program goes down, not to mention the additional economic activity that a strong rural economy will contribute to when you get this tax base done with farmers and making profit. Again, they hadn't made any profit going on 4 or 5 years.
Instead of spending money, we wanted to make sure that these farmers don't need a subsidy at the end of the year. If we give tax credits for farmers or to entities that buy American cotton, we will not have to pay subsidies anymore. This is this is an end all solution to helping the cotton farmers across this country. Cotton is not just for t- shirts and stuff either. Cotton is for medical supplies, military, critical materials that we use across this country. Cotton plays a key part in national security. A nation that cannot supply its own basic materials is a nation that has surrendered its independence. And so that's why I'm up here today. We're getting ready to celebrate our 250th anniversary, and our farmers have been a huge part of that for 250 years.
We grew our own food. We cut our own timber. We cut our own fish. We did everything possibly could. But what have we done? Corporations have run out the private sector in this country. The small business in the country. They moved it to corporations out of this country, and they put us in harm to way. They have really put us in harm to way. So, Buying American Cotton Act puts our farmers in a situation where we do not have to, as a governing entity, be able to have to bail them out every year when they loot when they lose money because they won't lose money. […]
So, let's help our cotton farmers. And one other thing I want to say about this. I've talked about this several times on the floor. And it's getting pretty serious. And it's something that, again, we look at it and say it's not gonna continue to happen. Just recently, we estimated that China has bought and owned as of today, 300,000 acres of American farmland. […] 300,000 acres that the Chinese own. Who is our biggest adversary? China.
And we're allowing them to buy American farmland in this country, and a lot of it is by our military bases. And I wonder why that happens. And I don't think we're stupid, but we're crazy if we continue to let this happen. It is an urgent and national crisis. And we gotta make sure that we keep our eye on this, and we understand there are some states that are going in telling China now that they cannot buy farmland because they run it through different entities and that's one thing that we need to make sure that at the end of the day that we keep eye on this.
But, I just wanna come up here today and let people know, our farmers are in the fourth quarter. And if we don't have a good year this year, we're going to have a serious, serious problem with our farmers going out of business. And when farmers go out of business, they are a big contributor to our country when it comes to tax base, buying things, producing things, and making our country much stronger.
So, Mr. President, I plead with people, please start understanding what's going on here because if we don't put a foot down and wait too long, and our farmers are gone, they sold their land. We have got a big problem ahead of us. And again, I think it's a huge national security threat. And when you're having to buy everything out of the country, again, we'll go back to one thing. Did we learn anything from COVID?
Evidently, we didn't. And next time we look up and you're going to have to buy everything that comes in from another country, especially when it comes from Ag, we got huge problems. Thank you, Mr. President.”
Senator Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the United States Senate and is a member of the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans’ Affairs, HELP and Aging Committees.
Tuberville Calls for End of Woke Biden-era Gun Rule » Coach Tommy Tuberville
Position: Senator Tuberville and 12 Republican colleagues urge the ATF to cease enforcement of a Biden-era rule that classified braced pistols as short-barrel rifles under the National Firearms Act, arguing the rule is unconstitutional and violates Second Amendment protections established in Heller v. District of Columbia.
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined 12 of his Republican colleagues in sending a letter to Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Daniel Driscoll, urging the agency to cease enforcement of a vacated Biden-era rule that classified certain braced pistols as short-barrel rifles under the National Firearms Act (NFA).
“In our view, the Final Rule cannot be salvaged either in substance or in form. We believe that any attempt to extend the NFA’s onerous requirements to the untold millions of citizens who already own braced pistols cannot pass constitutional muster. In Heller v. District of Columbia, the Supreme Court affirmed the right of individuals to keep and bear arms for self-defense,” wrote the senators.
Sen. Tuberville was joined by Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), John Barrasso (R-WY), John Cornyn (R-TX), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Steve Daines (R-MT), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), John Hoeven (R-ND), Jim Justice (R-WV), and Jim Risch (R-ID) in sending the letter.
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“Dear Acting Director Driscoll,
We write with deep concern regarding the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) attempts to continue enforcing the legal theory behind its unconstitutional and since-vacated rule entitled: “Factoring Criteria for Firearms with an Attached Stabilizing Brace” (Rule). Issued by the Biden Administration in 2023, this Final Rule expanded the scope of the National Firearms Act (NFA) to include virtually all pistols equipped with stabilizing braces. In our view, this since-vacated Rule does not comply with the statute and cannot pass constitutional muster, and we urge ATF to cease any efforts to continue enforcing it either in substance or in form.
First developed around 2012, stabilizing braces attach to the rear of a pistol and allow it to be braced against, strapped to, or hooked around the forearm, giving the user more control and stability when firing. ATF initially determined that using a stabilizing brace would not convert the weapon into a short-barrel firearm under the NFA. And over the course of the next decade, millions of Americans relied on that advice, purchasing stabilizing braces for the purpose of improving the safety and stability of their firearms. Indeed, a Congressional Research Service report estimates that there were between 10 and 40 million pistol braces in circulation as of 2021. Current ownership rates are likely to be far higher.
In 2023, the Biden Administration issued its now-vacated rule reversing more than a decade of guidance overnight. The new Rule, which classified virtually all braced pistols as short-barrel rifles under the NFA, exposed millions of Americans to criminal penalties if they did not surrender their lawfully acquired property to the government, dismantle or destroy it, or comply with the NFA’s onerous registration and fee requirements. In fact, it’s estimated that only 0.6% to 8% of braced pistols were successfully registered within the allotted 120-day “amnesty” period, leaving millions of Americans who had acquired or assembled their braced pistols in good faith and had never misused them as potential felons. Thankfully, the Rule was soon vacated in August 2024, albeit on procedural grounds, following rulings by both the Fifth and Eighth Circuits.
Now, however, it appears that ATF has no intention of backing down. In another ongoing case brought by the State of Texas and Gun Owners of America, ATF suggests that it can and will continue enforcing the underlying legal theory behind the Rule—that braced pistols qualify as short-barreled rifles under the NFA. In court documents filed on March 16th, ATF acknowledged that it “continue[s] to enforce the . . . regulation of short-barreled rifles against some brace-equipped pistols, even though the Rule has been universally vacated.” According to ATF, this “should come as no surprise” because the absence of a formal rule does not prevent ATF from interpreting and carrying out its statutory obligations.
In our view, the Final Rule cannot be salvaged either in substance or in form. We believe that any attempt to extend the NFA’s onerous requirements to the untold millions of citizens who already own braced pistols cannot pass constitutional muster. In Heller v. District of Columbia, the Supreme Court affirmed the right of individuals to keep and bear arms for self-defense. The Court struck down a ban enacted by the District of Columbia on handgun registration, noting that handguns are the “quintessential self-defense weapon.” Again, in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, the Supreme Court made clear that the Second Amendment protects firearms that are “in common use for self-defense today” and which fall outside the category of “dangerous and unusual” weapons historically subject to regulation.
Stabilizing braces, like the handguns they modify, are neither dangerous nor unusual. They are owned by tens of millions of Americans who rely on these attachments to improve the stability of their handguns. Far from being a dangerous modification, pistol braces make these weapons safer. As Judge Willett noted in his concurrence in the Fifth Circuit litigation:
Rearward attachments, besides making a pistol less concealable, improve a pistol’s stability, and thus a user’s accuracy. Accuracy, in turn, promotes safety. Even for attachments that convert a pistol into a rifle under the statutes, ATF has not identified any historical tradition of requiring ordinary citizens to endure a lengthy, costly, and discretionary approval process just to use accessories that make an otherwise lawful weapon safer.
Ultimately, we agree with Judge Willett that “common, safety-improving modifications” like pistol braces fall under the protection of the Second Amendment. And we fail to see any compelling historical analogue for subjecting such safety-improving devices to the “lengthy, costly, and discretionary” regulatory regime of the NFA.
ATF must immediately provide clear and permanent clarity on this issue. Right now, millions of Americans continue to languish in uncertainty, fearing that they may be prosecuted simply for exercising their constitutional rights. Accordingly, we urge you to:
Thank you for your prompt attention to this important matter.
Senator Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the United States Senate and is a member of the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans’ Affairs, HELP and Aging Committees.
Tuberville Sends Letter Supporting USMCA ahead of Joint Review » Coach Tommy Tuberville
Position: Senators support the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and urge the Trade Representative to strengthen it during the six-year joint review by expanding market access, enforcing existing terms, and addressing trade barriers that disadvantage American agriculture.
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) in sending a letter to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer emphasizing their support of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ahead of the Agreement’s six-year joint review and urging expanded market access and certainty for American producers.
“American family farmers and ranchers depend on the certainty afforded by a stable Agreement. The integrated supply chains facilitated by streamlined compliance requirements, effective rules governing food safety measures, and intellectual property protections have allowed the U.S. to build a fortified trading network here in the Western Hemisphere. Our close proximity to dependable markets based on rules-based, science-driven commitments from our trading partners is critical for domestic producers,” wrote the Senators.
Sens. Tuberville and Daines were joined by Sens. John Barasso (R-WY), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), John Boozman (R-AR), Ted Budd (R-NC), Chris Coons (D-DE), John Cornyn (R-TX), Catherine Cortez-Masto (D-NV), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), John Hoeven (R-ND), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Jon Husted (R-OH), Jim Justice (R-WV), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), James Lankford (R-OK), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Tina Smith (D-MN), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Mark Warner (D-VA), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Todd Young (R-IN) in signing this letter.
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Since its adoption, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) has generated numerous benefits for the U.S. food and agriculture sector. We recognize the value of the Agreement’s six-year joint review process to ensure proper oversight, implementation, and enforcement, and we urge you to work closely with Congress and producers to ensure that this process strengthens the Agreement and reinforces certainty for U.S. agriculture. We support efforts to fully enforce the existing terms of the agreement, curb practices, and address outstanding trade barriers that disadvantage American agriculture.
The United States is currently the world’s largest agricultural exporter, with total agricultural exports valued at $176 billion in 2024. Since the Agreement’s entry-into-force, U.S. agricultural exports have increased substantially, particularly to Canada and Mexico. For many states, Canada and Mexico represent the largest and second-largest export markets. The market access achieved under USMCA is a critical component of the success of American agriculture and contributes to our secure food supply chain and to the global competitiveness of U.S. producers. Bulk commodities, like wheat, corn, and oilseeds, maintain a strong trade surplus with Canada and Mexico. Farmers, ranchers, processors, and exporters throughout the supply chain have been broadly supportive of USMCA and certainty it provides.
American family farmers and ranchers depend on the certainty afforded by a stable Agreement. The integrated supply chains facilitated by streamlined compliance requirements, effective rules governing food safety measures, and intellectual property protections have allowed the U.S. to build a fortified trading network here in the Western Hemisphere. Our close proximity to dependable markets based on rules-based, science-driven commitments from our trading partners is critical for domestic producers.
As preparations begin for the upcoming joint review process, we encourage continued engagement with Congress, farmers, and ranchers to ensure the agreement is improved to support U.S. agriculture and maintain strong market access for American producers. We look forward to working with you to ensure that the joint review process reinforces, rather than undermines, the stability and opportunity that USMCA delivers to America’s farmers, ranchers, and rural communities.
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Senator Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the United States Senate and is a member of the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans’ Affairs, HELP and Aging Committees.
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Top PAC donors · 2026 cycle
Political action committees that gave the most to this rep's principal campaign committee this cycle. PAC giving is direct organizational support — industry, ideological, or leadership.
1.CLUB FOR GROWTH PACIdeological16 contributionsFiscal-conservative PAC focused on free-market economics and limited government. Backs candidates supporting lower taxes, reduced spending, and deregulation across both parties.AI$126,590
2.SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDLeadership8 contributionsMember-of-Congress leadership PAC — supports conservative Senate candidates and coordinates funding aligned with fiscal and social conservative priorities.AI$58,588
3.ONE TEAM SENATE MAJORITY2 contributions$20,341
4.PROTECTIVE LIFE CORPORATION FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('PROTECTPAC')2 contributions$10,000
5.BLUEPAC - BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION PAC2 contributions$10,000
7.AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEAgriculture1 contributionAgricultural processing PAC for American Crystal Sugar — backs candidates supporting farm subsidies, sugar price supports, and agricultural trade policies.AI$5,000
8.NATIONAL CHICKEN COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FKA) NATIONAL BROILER COUNC1 contribution$5,000
9.HOOSIER PAC1 contribution$5,000
10.LEAD ENCOURAGE ELECT PAC1 contribution$5,000
Source: OpenFEC (api.open.fec.gov) Schedule A receipts where contributor type is “committee.” Aggregated by contributing committee. Self-transfers from joint-fundraising / victory committees are excluded.
Top individual contributors · 2026 cycle
Itemized individual contributions over $200 to this rep's campaign committee, aggregated by donor employer. PAC giving is shown above; this section is people, not organizations.
1.SYNERGI PARTNERS$21,000
2.BLACKSTONE$20,000
3.RADIANCE TECHNOLOGIES$15,423
4.WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT$7,000
5.CUMBERLAND DEVELOPMENT$7,000
6.THE ANSCHUTZ CORPORATION$7,000
7.HUNT COMPANIES INC.$7,000
8.AUDAX GROUP$7,000
9.INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS$7,000
10.J.W. CHILDS ASSOCIATES$7,000
Source: OpenFEC Schedule A receipts where contributor type is “individual,” aggregated by the donor's self-reported employer. This is a geographic / industry correlation, not a corporate endorsement.
