John Rose (Tennessee politician)

Elections

Tenure

In May 2019, Rose blocked a vote during a pro forma session of Congress on a $19.1 billion relief bill intended to deliver aid to areas of the U.S. affected by natural disasters the previous year. He cited the national deficit and the vote being held during a Congressional break as reasons for his objection.^[15]

In December 2020, Rose was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives to sign an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden defeated incumbent Donald Trump.^[16] In January 2021, Rose was one of 147 Republicans in Congress and 139 in the House to vote to object to the certification of the results of the election.^[17]

In June 2021, Rose was one of 21 House Republicans to vote against a resolution to give the Congressional Gold Medal to the United States Capitol Police officers who were on duty during the 2021 United States Capitol attack. He said it was too soon to award the medals and there was not yet enough information about the events on January 6.^[18] As a result, the Republican Accountability Project gave him a score of F.^[19]

In 2022, Rose was one of 39 Republicans to vote for the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2021, an antitrust package that would crack down on corporations for anti-competitive behavior.^[20][21]

Rose was among the 71 Republicans who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House.^[22]

In October 2024, The Tennessee Journal reported that Rose would announce a 2026 campaign for Governor of Tennessee shortly after the 2024 general election.^[23] He officially announced his candidacy on March 20, 2025, at an event in Wilson County.^[1]

Committee assignments

For the 119th Congress:^[24]

• Committee on Agriculture
  • Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development (Vice Chair)
  • Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology
  • Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit
• Committee on Financial Services
  • Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence
  • Subcommittee on Financial Institutions
  • Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance

Caucus memberships

• Republican Study Committee^[25]

Guns and crime

Rose identifies as a strong supporter of Second Amendment rights. He is also critical of how CoreCivic has operated prisons in Tennessee, but is not opposed to using private prisons. He also supports the death penalty.^[27] He also supports deploying the National Guard to high crime areas, believing that it helps reduce crime.^[28]

Education

Rose states that he supports parents being able to decide whether they want to send their children to public, private, or charter schools, or to homeschool their children. However, he has called for more transparency on private school vouchers in Tennessee.^[29][30] He also believes that public school districts should be monitored to ensure they are adequately educating their students, and that the commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Education should have experience teaching in Tennessee public schools.^[28] Rose also supports states taking over the function of the U.S. Department of Education.^[27]

Immigration

Rose was very critical of the immigration policies of President Joe Biden.^[31] Rose believes states should actively assist in cracking down on illegal immigration, including Section 287(g) agreements with federal law enforcement agencies. He believes that all county and city governments should be required to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and supports prohibiting students who are unlawfully present in the United States from attending public schools.^[27][28]

Affordability, housing, and taxes

Rose opposes allowing investment firms to buy up housing and convert them to rentals, and blames this for exacerbating housing affordability issues. He also strongly supports property tax reform, and considers property taxes to be another major contributor to affordability issues. He has stated that he supports cutting taxes "anywhere I can", and has expressed openness to reforming the state grocery tax. Rose also believes that addiction is a major cause of homelessness and supports treatment for people struggling with substance abuse. He opposes raising the state minimum wage, believing that doing so contributes to inflation.^[27]

Business and incentives

He opposes incentivizing "woke companies" to come to Tennessee and has been very critical of many corporate incentives given by the state government to large companies. He has also stated that he disagrees with many fellow Republicans on the use of corporate incentives and believes that many incentive packages prioritize corporate executives over taxpayers, small businesses, and communities.^[3][27]

Infrastructure and energy

Rose supports widening Tennessee's Interstate Highways and coming up with new methods and funding formulas to address the state's backlog in road projects and maintenance. He also supports investment in nuclear energy, particularly at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.^[27][30]

Religion

Rose has stated that he believes the United States was founded as a Christian nation. He believes that public schools should be permitted to teach about the Bible's influence and history, but opposes establishing a state religion and forcing public school students to participate in compulsory religious activity.^[27]

Abortion and healthcare

Rose opposes abortion and believes the procedure should be outlawed under most circumstances. Rose also supports efforts to stop rural hospital closures and improve healthcare opportunities in rural areas. He supports policies to recruit additional medical professionals to areas where they are needed and to expand and strengthen addiction and mental health treatment.^[3][27]