Mr. Speaker, we are a blessed Nation. We have not suffered another attack on our soil since September 11, and we are grateful. We have killed or captured dozens of members of al Qaeda and the Taliban. Our military and intelligence forces are working both hard and smart.

In 2008 Blackburn won her GOP primary race by gaining 62 percent of the vote against Shelby County register of deeds and former fellow state senator moderate Republican Tom Leatherwood. According to her campaign website Blackburn has received the following honors:
National Journal described Blackburn as a "freshman to watch" and a "top House conservative" in 2003 and 2004. National Right to Life praised Blackburn for supporting the Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act.

Marsha Wedgeworth Blackburn (born June 6 1952) is the U. The district stretches from the suburbs of Nashville to the suburbs of Memphis.