{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://johnrose.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-rose-leads-tennessee-delegation-advocating-new-passport-office-tennessee", "Rep. Rose Leads Tennessee Delegation in Advocating for New Passport Office in Tennessee", "2024-09-25", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "House", "TN", "John W. Rose", "R000612", "johnrose.house.gov", "johnrose", "https://johnrose.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC\u2014 Today, U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) led a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken signed by the entire Tennessee U.S. House Delegation, U.S. Reps. Diana Harshbarger (TN-01), Tim Burchett (TN-02), Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Scott DesJarlais (TN-04), Andy Ogles (TN-05), Mark Green (TN-07), David Kustoff (TN-08), and Steve Cohen (TN-09), expressing concerns over the decision to exclude Tennessee from the list of states set to receive a new passport agency, as announced in a press release from June 2024. In the letter, which can be read in full here, the Tennessee Reps. urged Secretary Blinken to reconsider the decision.\n\nThe letter highlighted the travel burdens Tennesseans will continue to face, despite the addition of six new passport agencies. As an example, the letter cited the four closest passport agencies from Nashville: Atlanta, GA (4 hours), Cincinnati, OH (4.5 hours), Hot Springs, AR (6 hours), and Charlotte, NC (6.5 hours).\n\n\u201cNashville\u2019s central location makes it an ideal site for a future passport agency,\u201d wrote the signees of the letter. The letter continued: \u201cI strongly believe Tennessee deserves consideration for a passport agency, and I urge the State Department to reconsider its decision.I believe that establishing a passport agency in Tennessee would greatly benefit the region and align with the Department's goal of providing prompt customer service to more Americans.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"]], "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://johnrose.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-rose-leads-tennessee-delegation-advocating-new-passport-office-tennessee"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7147882133722305, "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"}