For a Fourth Time, Hagerty Presses Yellen for Update on the Promised Investigation of Taxpayer Information Leak
Nearly two years after ProPublica leak, Treasury Secretary still without answers WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, today pressed...
Yellen to Hagerty: We Are Not Considering Guaranteeing All Uninsured Bank Deposits
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, today received a commitment from Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen that the Biden Administration is not...
Hagerty Presses Blinken on China’s Ties to Mexico’s Recent Aggression Against U.S. Company
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today in a hearing sounded the alarm to Secretary of State Antony Blinken about the potential connection between China’s involvement in the Trend Maya Railway...
Hagerty Joins Merkley, Rubio, Cardin to Advance Bill Countering Foreign Governments Trampling Human Rights Within the United States and Around the World
Bipartisan comprehensive legislation represents bold new frontier in the fight against transnational repression WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined Senators Jeff Merkley (R-OR), Marco Rubio...
Hagerty Resolution to Block D.C.’s Irresponsible Crime Bill Signed Into Law
NASHVILLE, TN—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today watched with interest as President Joe Biden signed into law Hagerty’s resolution of disapproval to block the D.C. Council’s dangerous Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022...
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Praise for Hagerty’s Leadership in Blocking the DC Council’s Dangerous Crime Bill
NASHVILLE, TN—United States Senator Bill Hagerty’s (R-TN) resolution of disapproval to block the DC Council’s irresponsible, soft-on-crime Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022 (RCCA) from taking effect, which passed last week in the...
ICYMI | The Washington Post — The State Department is wrong to play down China’s bad actions
The State Department is wrong to play down China’s bad actionsBy: Josh RoginMarch 16, 2023Link here. The Biden administration has been working to get diplomacy between China and the United States back on track, in part by quietly dampening criticism of the Chinese...
Hagerty Delivers Opening Statement at Foreign Relations Committee Nominations Hearing, Questions Nominees
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, yesterday served as Ranking Member at a hearing on foreign service and State Department nominations before the Senate...
Hagerty, Scott, Colleagues Urge DOJ to Hold Chinese Communist Party Accountable for Role in COVID-19
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined Senators Rick Scott (R-FL), Mike Braun (R-IN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Marco Rubio (R-FL) in sending a letter to Attorney...
Hagerty Urges FDIC Inspector General to Investigate Failed Auction of Silicon Valley Bank
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today sent a letter to Tyler Smith, Acting Inspector General of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), imploring him to investigate the failure to...