Marsha Blackburn
U.S. Senator from Tennessee
Marsha Blackburn (nee Wedgeworth) was born in June 1952 in Laurel, Mississippi. She is a former beauty pageant winner who attended Mississippi State University on a scholarship, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree.
She worked in sales and ultimately became the owner of a production-event management firm. Tennessee Governor Don Sundquist appointed her executive director of the Tennessee Film, Entertainment, and Music Commission. She served in the Tennessee Senate before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives where she served 16 years. She has been a member of the U.S. Senate since January 2019.
She is married to Chuck Blackburn and they have two children. She is a Presbyterian.
In the News…
Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee introduced the “State Accountability for Federal Deployment Costs Act,” which would require states to repay the federal government if military resources are required to address civil disturbances related to the “refusal to cooperate with lawful Federal immigration enforcement.“ Representative Jody Arrington of Texas introduced similar legislation in the House.
Senator Blackburn said, “As lawless states like California obstruct the federal government’s work to enforce immigration law, American taxpayers in other states have been forced to foot the bill for the military forces required to quell the chaos and protect law-abiding citizens. If a state refuses to do its job and forces the federal government to respond to unrest, they should pay for it.”
Senator Blackburn said that the bill would “send a message that refusing to comply with federal immigration law will not be tolerated.”
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The Honorable Marsha Blackburn
Senator from Tennessee
357 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
