{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://desjarlais.house.gov/media-center?ID=764BF617-28A1-4082-8BB3-D770BC684597", "ADVISORY: Oversight Committee Announces Murfreesboro, TN Field Hearing on Regulatory Effects on Job Creation", "2012-06-12", "2012", "2012-06", "Republican", "House", "TN", "Scott DesJarlais", "D000616", "desjarlais.house.gov", "desjarlais", "https://desjarlais.house.gov/media-center", "scraper", "House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today announced an official Congressional field hearing entitled, \u201cTennessee Job Creation: Do Federal Government Regulations Help or Hinder Tennessee\u2019s Economic Development?\u201d The hearing will begin at 9:00amCST on Monday, June 18, 2012 at S102 Business and Aerospace Building, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The hearing, which is open to the public, will feature testimony from state leaders and Tennessee job creators on the effects of state and federal policies and regulations.\n\n\u201cThe federal government has yet to grasp the effects of burdensome regulations that obstruct job growth and economic recovery. During the course of this Administration, regulatory costs have grown for American job creators across the board,\u201d said Chairman Issa. \u201cWe\u2019re going to Tennessee to hear directly from those on the ground who are surviving in this stifling regulatory environment because the private sector is not \u2018doing fine.\u2019\u201d\n\n\u201cLast year, I embarked on my Tennessee Job Creators Tour in an effort to talk directly with businesses owners here in Tennessee about ways that the federal government was hurting their ability to grow and create jobs,\u201d said Representative DesJarlais. \u201cWhat I heard from them painted a troubling picture of Washington regulators imposing mountains of job-crushing bureaucratic red tape. I look forward to having Chairman Issa down to Tennessee to hear from our local job-creators on ways that Washington can reduce the barriers to private sector job creation.\n\nDetails for Monday\u2019s hearing in Murfreesboro:\n\nWhat: Official Congressional Field Hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee \u201cTennessee Job Creation: Do Federal Government Regulations Help or Hinder Tennessee\u2019s Economic Development?\u201d with Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), Rep. Scott Desjarlais (R-TN), Rep. Diane Black (R-TN) and Rep. Marsha Blackburn will join Chairman Issa and Rep. Desjarlais on the dais.\n\nDate/Time: 9:00am CST on Monday, June 18, 2012\n\nLocation: S102 Business and Aerospace Building, Middle Tennessee State University, 1301 East Main Street, Murfreesboro, TN 37132\n\nWitnesses confirmed to testify include:\n\nThe Honorable Bill Haslam, Governor, State of Tennessee\n\nThe Honorable Bob Corker, United States Senate\n\nThe Honorable Lamar Alexander, United States Senate\n\nMr. William \u201cBill\u201d F. Hagerty, IV, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development\n\nMr. H. Grady Payne, Chief Executive Officer, Conner Industries, Inc.\n\nMr. Scott Cocanougher, Chief Executive Officer, First Community Bank of Bedford County\n\nMr. Mark Faulkner, Owner, Vireo Systems, Inc. on behalf of the National Federation of Independent Business\n\nMr. Bob Bedell, Sales Unit Manager, Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated on behalf of the Beverage Association of Tennessee\n\nPress Conference: Between witness panels (around 10:00 CST), Governor Haslam, Senator Corker, Senator Alexander and Commissioner Hagerty will join Chairman Issa, Rep. Desjarlais, Rep. Black and Rep. Blackburn to answer questions from the press.\n\nIt is requested that members of the media planning to attend RSVP to Robert.Jameson@mail.house.gov", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T21:11:16Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://desjarlais.house.gov/media-center?ID=764BF617-28A1-4082-8BB3-D770BC684597"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0722859296947718, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}