{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/tuberville-partners-with-president-trump-to-deliver-major-wins-for-alabama-in-2025/", "Tuberville\u00a0Partners with President Trump to Deliver Major Wins for Alabama in 2025", "2025-12-18", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "Senate", "AL", "Tommy Tuberville", "T000278", "www.tuberville.senate.gov", "tuberville", "https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 As 2025 comes to an end, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) issued a statement highlighting how he worked with President Trump to deliver major wins for Alabama this year:\n\n\u201cWith President Trump back in the White House, the sky is the limit for Alabama. Soon after taking office, President Trump delivered major wins on issues I\u2019ve been championing for years, including banning men in women\u2019s sports, protecting taxpayers from funding abortions in the military, and getting woke DEI out of our federal government. I also fought every day to bring jobs, investments, manufacturing, and opportunities to Alabama. I was glad to see U.S. Space Command returning to its rightful home in Huntsville and that Fannie Mae is relocating from San Francisco to Birmingham. I will continue fighting every day for Alabama\u2019s conservative values and to make sure the Yellowhammer State continues punching far above our weight.\u201d\n\nAt the beginning of the 119th Congress, Senator Tuberville was named Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Education and the American Family, as well as Chair of the Senate Armed Services (SASC) Subcommittee on Personnel.\n\nPUTTING ALABAMA FIRST:\n\nADVOCATING FOR ALABAMA: Senator Tuberville helped secure funding for several Alabama priorities in two appropriations bills that passed the Senate.\n\n$440,000 for the Pike Road Agriculture Job Development and Career Center.\n\n$1,648,000 for the Waterworks Sewer and Gas Board of Section, Alabama for Fyffe Sewer System Improvements.\n\n$7,400,000 for Fort Rucker for the Flat Iron Support Facility.\n\nMOVING FANNIE MAE TO BIRMINGHAM: After several conversations with President Trump and Federal Housing Director Bill Pulte, Sen. Tuberville announced that Fannie Mae is relocating some of its offices from San Francisco, California, to Birmingham, Alabama.\n\n\u201cThanks to the leadership of President Trump and Federal Housing Director Bill Pulte, Fannie Mae is immediately leaving woke California for sweet home Alabama,\u201d said Senator Tuberville.\u201cFannie Mae is one of the biggest mortgage financers in the world. Relocating Fannie Mae from San Francisco to Birmingham will not only save the taxpayers money, but it will bring jobs and opportunities to our state. Birmingham used to be the financial capital of the South and this is an important step to making Birmingham boom again.\u201d\n\nBRINGING SPACE COMMAND HOME: Senator Tuberville relentlessly advocated for President Trump and Secretary Hegseth to move U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM) from Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Huntsville, Alabama. Following Sen. Tuberville\u2019s efforts, President Trump and Secretary Hegseth announced they were relocating SPACECOM to its rightful home at Redstone Arsenal\u2014reversing a Biden-era decision designed to punish Alabama by moving the new headquarters to Colorado.\n\n\u201cPresident Trump is doing the right thing by moving SPACECOM back to its rightful home in Sweet Home Alabama,\u201d said Senator Tuberville. \u201cThis was never supposed to be about politics. After a thorough selection process involving 66 possible locations, Huntsville was chosen fair and square. But unfortunately, the Biden Administration chose politics over national security. Thankfully, President Trump, Secretary Hegseth, and Secretary Meink are restoring merit and integrity to the process and saving taxpayers nearly a half a billion dollars. We couldn\u2019t be more excited to immediately welcome SPACECOM to the Rocket City.\u201d\n\nRELOCATING FBI JOBS TO HUNTSVILLE: Following Sen. Tuberville\u2019s efforts, FBI Director Kash Patel announced he was moving more than 500 FBI jobs to Redstone Arsenal. Sen. Tuberville invited Director Patel to Huntsville for a tour of Redstone\u2019s state-of-the-art facilities.\n\nVOTED TO SECURE $500 MILLION FOR ALABAMA RURAL HOSPITALS: As part of the One Big Beautiful Bill, Senator Tuberville (R-AL) helped secure more than $500 million for Alabama\u2019s rural hospitals.\n\nNOMINATING OUTSTANDING ALABAMIANS: As Alabama\u2019s senior Senator, Sen. Tuberville was proud to recommend several outstanding Alabamians to the Trump administration for appointments to various positions this year. The below nominees have all been confirmed.\n\nRandy Jones from Guntersville to represent Alabama on the Tennessee Valley Authority Board.\n\nEdmund LaCour from Dothan to be a Federal District Court Judge (Northern District, Tuscaloosa).\n\nHal Mooty from Montgomery to be a Federal District Court Judge (Northern District, Huntsville).\n\nBill Lewis from Wetumpka to be a Federal District Court Judge (Middle District).\n\nDr. Brian Christine from Mountain Brook to be the Assistant Secretary for Health at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).\n\nLindy Blanchard from Montgomery to be Ambassador to the United Nations for Food and Agriculture.\n\nEXPANDING TALLADEGA NATIONAL FOREST: After extensive conversations withlocal leaders,Sen. Tuberville worked with Rep. Mike Rogers to expand the proclamation boundary of the Talladega National Forest by approximately 50,000 acres in three counties in East Alabama through the Talladega National Forest Expansion Act to promote increased tourism and wellness to the region. The Senate AG Committee passed Senator Tuberville\u2019s legislation earlier this year in a larger package with other U.S. Forest Service lands bills.\n\nHELPING ALABAMIANS GET A PASSPORT: Thanks to the hard work of Sen. Tuberville\u2019s state team, his office was able to help 550 Alabamians get a passport in 2025.\n\nPROTECTING THE HOMELAND:\n\nFIGHTING BACK AGAINST RADICAL ISLAM: For months, Senator Tuberville has been the only U.S. Senator sounding the alarm about one of the biggest national security threats facing the United States: Radical Islam. Senator Tuberville has delivered severalfloorspeeches warning that Radical Islam is fundamentally incompatible with western values and cannot be allowed to fester in this country. He also introduced two bills to protect Americans from the dangers of Radical Islam.\n\nSen. Tuberville introduced the No Sharia Act, which would prohibit the application of Sharia Law in the U.S. where it would violate constitutional rights.\n\nHe also introduced the Preserving a Sharia Free America Act, which would prevent all foreign nationals advocating for Sharia Law from entering the U.S.\n\nSTANDING UP FOR CHRISTIANS: Senator Tuberville has been leading the charge in the Senate to stop the mass genocide of Christians in Nigeria. Since 2000, more than 62,000 Christians have been slaughtered by Islamic terrorists in Nigeria. In 2025, more than 7,000 Nigerian Christians have been murdered because of their faith alone. After Senator Tuberville brought attention to this issue in a floor speech, President Trump issued a statement threatening military action if the genocide does not stop.\n\nBANNING CHINESE AND IRANIAN NATIONALS FROM U.S. UNIVERSITIES: Sen. Tuberville put American students first byintroducing the Student Visa Integrity Act to ban students from China and Iran from studying in the United States. For years, thousands of Iranian and Chinese students have taken the spots of deserving American students. This is not only unfair, but it is also a serious national security concern.\n\n\u201cI was recently shocked to learn how many students from hostile countries like China and Iran are studying at our American universities\u2014including in my home state of Alabama,\u201d said Senator Tuberville. \u201cWe need to go on offense against countries who hate us and are desperate to try to take us down\u2014as we saw with the violent, anti-American protests on our college campuses over the past few months. There is zero reason why we should be allowing students from countries that hate us to take the spot of a law-abiding American citizen at our elite colleges and universities. I\u2019m proud to introduce the Student Visa Integrity Act to crack down on rampant abuse of student visas and to make our American Universities Prioritize Americans Again.\u201d\n\nPROTECTING AMERICAN FARMLAND: Sen. Tuberville reintroduced the Protecting America\u2019s Agricultural Land from Foreign Harm Act, the FARM Act, and the AFIDA Improvements Act to protect American farmland from our adversaries. Additionally, Sen. Tuberville advocated for adding the Secretary of Agriculture to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) review process for foreign land investments.\n\nKEEPING OUR ROADS SAFE: After several Alabamians were tragically killed by a non-English speaking driver, Sen. Tuberville introduced several bills to require drivers to be proficient in English. Requiring drivers be able to speak English and read our road signs is just common sense. Sen. Tuberville introduced the UBER Act, which requires ride share drivers to be proficient in English, along with theSecure Commercial Licensing Act, which requires all commercial driver\u2019s license (CDL) testing to be conducted in English. Sen. Tuberville\u2019s action on this issue would make President Trump\u2019s April Executive Order on CDLs permanent.\n\nSTANDING UP FOR TAXPAYERS:\n\nCUTTING TAXES FOR ALABAMIANS: Sen. Tuberville fought hard for President Trump\u2019s One Big Beautiful Bill, which delivered historic tax cuts for hardworking Alabamians, including no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and no tax on Social Security.\n\nSenator Tuberville joined Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) in introducing the Overtime Wages Tax Relief Act in the Senate, which made President Trump\u2019s \u2018no tax on overtime\u2019 campaign promise a reality. This key provision was included in the final bill that was signed into law.\n\nPROTECTING SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS: Sen. Tuberville led the charge on repealing the Biden-era Corporate Transparency Act, which requires small business owners to disclose personal data to the U.S. Treasury Department\u2019s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) or face up to two years of jail time. Following Sen. Tuberville\u2019s efforts, President Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have instructed FinCEN not to enforce the law against Americans and American companies.\n\nADVOCATING FOR TAXPAYERS: Sen. Tuberville recently earned the \u201cTaxpayers Friend\u201d award from the National Taxpayers Union. This award signifies that Sen. Tuberville was one of the staunchest fiscal conservatives in Congress.\n\nFIGHTING FOR FARMERS: Sen. Tuberville has been one of the most vocal advocates for eliminating the death tax, which crushes family farmers. He reintroduced The Death Tax Repeal Act, which would end the practice of taxing family-run farms, ranches, and businesses as the result of the owner\u2019s death. While the death tax has not been repealed yet, Sen. Tubervillesupported a provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill that raises the exemption threshold to $15 million for individuals and $30 million for couples, resulting in less Alabamians being crushed by this burdensome tax.\n\nSUPPORTING ALABAMA\u2019S TROOPS AND MILITARY INSTALLATIONS:\n\nGIVING ALABAMA TROOPS A RAISE: As Alabama\u2019s representative on the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. Tuberville secured several key wins for Alabama\u2019s troops and military installations in this year\u2019s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA):\n\nSecures 3.8% pay raise for troops.\n\nImproves quality-of-life and makes housing safer for our servicemembers by encouraging all military commissaries to carry at-home mold test kits.\n\nSupports Alabama\u2019s defense industrial base by directing the Department of War (DOW) to fully develop the use of all quantum computing technologies.\n\nEncourages DOW to continue to leverage the benefits of the military-civilian partnership that helps further medical research initiatives for the Department.\n\nDirects DOW to accelerate the conversion and testing of successful air-launched weapon systems for ground employment.\n\nImproves servicemembers\u2019 quality of life by improving the accuracy and transparency of housing allowance calculations.\n\nSupports procurement of MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopters to modernize aging rotary wing aircraft fleet.\n\nImproves advanced weapons systems by requiring the employment of advanced technologies and material improvements.\n\nContinues investment in reactive target simulation and facility security enhancement to better meet evolving threats.\n\nMakes important investments in surface ship sustainment and readiness, as well as shipyard optimization.\n\nGETTING WOKENESS OUT OF THE MILITARY: Sen. Tuberville also delivered several conservative wins in this year\u2019s NDAA.\n\nEliminates DEI-related requirements within the Department of War.\n\nProhibits males from taking roster positions that belong to females at U.S. service academies.\n\nStrengthens language to prohibit DOW recruiting funds from being used to censor and disadvantage conservative media sources.\n\nCreates fundamental reforms for the Department\u2019s civilian workforce hiring and management practices to support President Trump\u2019s civil service reforms.\n\nRequires that command selections in the Department be based on individual merit and demonstrated performance.\n\nBlocks Democrats\u2019 efforts to prevent President Trump from re-naming bases.\n\nOVERSEEING OUR SERVICE ACADEMIES: President Trump appointed Senator Tuberville to serve on the Board of Visitors for the U.S. Air Force Academy.\n\nFIGHTING FOR ALABAMA FARMERS AND PRODUCERS AND UNLEASHING AMERICAN ENERGY:\n\nSTRENGTHENING THE FARM SAFETY NET: Through the One Big Beautiful Bill, Sen. Tuberville delivered major wins for Alabama farmers and producers:\n\nIncreased reference prices by 10\u201320%, helping Alabama producers better match rising input costs.\n\nIncreased commodity payment limits from $125,000 to $155,000 per individual.\n\nExpanded drought assistance under the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) by lowering the eligibility threshold from 8 consecutive weeks of severe drought to 4 weeks for one monthly payment, or 7 out of 8 weeks for two payments\u2014helping Alabama producers who previously narrowly missed qualifying.\n\nA $15 million annual extension of the Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program through 2031, totaling $105 million to combat destructive feral hog populations.\n\nExpanded assistance for Alabama catfish producers by amending the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish (ELAP) program to cover losses caused by bird depredation, including cormorants, with minimum payments of $600 per acre and consideration for revenue loss, deterrent costs, and disease-related mortality.\n\nSUPPORTING ALABAMA FARMERS, FISHERMEN, AND SEAFOOD PRODUCERS: Sen. Tuberville led efforts to protect Alabama seafood producers and fishermen by advancing the Illegal Red Snapper and Tuna Enforcement Act to crack down on cartel-linked seafood imports, which passed the Senate. Sen. Tuberville also introduced the Honey Integrity Act to protect Alabama honey producers by establishing a standard of identity and combating unfair foreign imports.\n\nUNLEASHING AMERICAN ENERGY: Since day one, Sen. Tuberville championed Making American Energy Great Again and eliminating Biden-era regulations that have put a chokehold on the American energy industry. As a result of Sen. Tuberville\u2019s work, the offshore revenue-sharing cap under the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) was increased from $500 million to $650 million for fiscal years 2025 through 2034, allowing Alabama to receive more revenue generated from offshore oil and gas production in the Gulf of America.\n\nREPEALING WOKE BIDEN-ERA REGULATIONS: Sen. Tuberville helped repeal the Inflation Reduction Act methane fee through a Congressional Review Act signed by President Trump. This harmful regulation was intended to force more Americans to buy expensive and often impractical electric vehicles.\n\nFIGHTING TO LOCK THE CLOCK: Ever since he got to the Senate, Sen. Tuberville has been fighting to end the practice of switching our clocks between Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time. Earlier this year, Sen. Tuberville forced a vote on his bill, the Sunshine Protection Act, but it unfortunately did not pass the Senate.\n\n\u201cIn the five years I have served here in the Senate, making Daylight Saving Time permanent is the number one issue that I hear about back home,\u201d Senator Tuberville said during a floor speech. \u201cWe know the devastating impact disruption from so-called \u2018Standard Time\u2019 has on Americans\u2019 health. Studies have suggested that disruption of sleep patterns due to time changes increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and physical injury. [\u2026] Bottom line: switching our clocks disrupts sleep patterns, and it has been proven time and time again to be harmful to the health.\u201d\n\nPRESERVING THE AMERICAN FAMILY:\n\nIMPROVING EDUCATION AND BOOSTING WORKFORCE: As the Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee on Education and the American Family, Sen. Tuberville chaired two hearings that centered on important issues facing the everyday American family:\n\nDuring Sen. Tuberville\u2019s first hearing, he empowered parents to make the best choice for their children when it comes to their child\u2019s education.\n\nDuring Sen. Tuberville\u2019s second hearing, he focused on ways to boost job training and develop Alabama\u2019s workforce.\n\nMAKING AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN: Sen. Tuberville has been one of the most outspoken advocates for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy\u2019s Make America Healthy Again movement. During Sec. Kennedy\u2019s nomination hearings, Sen. Tuberville took to the Senate floor to champion Kennedy and the MAHA agenda. Sen. Tuberville is a founding member of the MAHA Caucus in the U.S. Senate.\n\nBANNING TOXIC CHEMICALS FROM OUR FOOD: After Sen. Tuberville exposed the Biden administration\u2019s cover-up of the long-term effects of harmful chemicals in the American food and beverage industry, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned Red No. 3 from foods, dietary supplements, and ingested medicines.\n\n\u201cLast month, I demanded answers from FDA officials on why Red Dye No. 3 is banned in cosmetics while being allowed in our foods. Glad to see the FDA finally use some common sense. I will keep working with Robert F. Kennedy and the MAHA Caucus to Make America Healthy Again,\u201d said Sen. Tuberville.\n\nCARING FOR VETERANS:\n\nEXPANDING TREATMENT OPTIONS: Sen. Tuberville led afield hearing atthe American Village in Montevallo to explore alternative treatment options, such as Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), for veterans struggling with mental health. As Alabama\u2019s voice on the Senate Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee, Sen. Tuberville has been a fierce advocate for HBOT during his time in the Senate. This year, he also reintroduced the HBOT Access Act to make Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) an available resource for veterans suffering from Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) who have exhausted other evidence-based treatment options. Sen. Tuberville also joined Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) in urging VA Secretary Doug Collins to expand access to over-the-counter hearing aids for veterans, to help address one of the most common service-connected disabilities facing Alabama\u2019s veterans.\n\nHELPING DEFRAUDED VETERANS: The Senate passed Sen. Tuberville\u2019s Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act to simplify the legal process for veterans who have been defrauded of their benefits.Sen. Tuberville had introduced this legislation in previous Congresses after hearing about the significant wait time defrauded veterans in the VA fiduciary program face, with some veterans even dying before receiving their reimbursements.\n\nSHARING THE STORIES OF ALABAMA\u2019S BEST: Alabama is home to nearly 500,000 veterans, and Sen. Tuberville is committed to sharing their stories. Earlier this year, he submitted the story of 105-year-old Roy Drinkard of Cullman to the Library of Congress to ensure his story will continue to inspire future generations. Each month this year, Sen. Tuberville also honored an Alabama \u201cVeteran of the Month\u201d for their service to our military and their local communities.\n\nFIGHTING TO PROTECT TITLE IX AND COLLEGE SPORTS:\n\nPROTECTING WOMEN\u2019S SPORTS: In March 2025, Sen. Tuberville led the effort to protect women\u2019s sports in the Senate by forcing a vote on his bill, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. All 45 Democrats voted to block it. This bill would have permanently codified President Trump\u2019s historic Executive Order and prevented future Democrat Presidents from reversing it.\n\nFIGHTING TO PROTECT OLYMPIC SPORTS: Ahead of the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, Sen. Tuberville reintroduced 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. Sen. Tuberville also sent a letter to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) demanding that it comply with President Trump\u2019s Executive Order. Following pressure from Sen. Tuberville, the IOC is expected to ban men from competing in any female categories.\n\nPRESERVING THE INTEGRITY OF COLLEGE ATHLETICS: Sen. Tuberville has been a relentless advocate for protecting student-athletes and college sports. Most recently, Sen. Tuberville wrote a column in the Wall Street Journal advocating for national standards for Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) contracts while vehemently opposing Democrats\u2019 efforts to unionize student-athletes. Sen. Tuberville continues to work closely with President Trump to find a way to preserve the integrity and spirit of collegiate athletics.\n\n\u201cPresident Trump in July signed the executive order \u2018Saving College Sports,\u2019 which will help protect women\u2019s sports and prevent pay-for-play payments to college athletes from unauthorized sources. It\u2019s a welcome start, but we can\u2019t risk a Democratic president taking office, reversing the order and allowing student-athletes to unionize. I am all for them making money. But Congress must step up and create national NIL standards before college sports as we know it are destroyed,\u201d Senator Tuberville wrote in the Wall Street Journal.\n\nSenator Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the United States Senate and is a member of the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans\u2019 Affairs, HELP and Aging Committees.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "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://www.tuberville.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/tuberville-partners-with-president-trump-to-deliver-major-wins-for-alabama-in-2025/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9351959452033043, "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"}