ICYMI – Hagerty Op-Ed: Goodbye Section 230, Hello Liberty
Goodbye Section 230, Hello Liberty By Senator Bill Hagerty April 26, 2021 Link here. For too long Americans have watched Big Tech trample on the principles of the First Amendment—free speech, freedom of thought and belief, free assembly and the open exchange of ideas....
Hagerty Introduces Bill to Combat Big Tech Censorship; Treat Big Tech Corporations as Common Carriers
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) has introduced the 21st Century Foundation for the Right to Express and Engage in Speech Act. The 21st Century FREE Speech Act puts the American people, rather than Big Tech corporations, in charge of what they say...
ICYMI – Hagerty Joins The Evening Edit to Talk Biden Tax Increase Plan
WASHINGTON – United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today joined The Evening Edit on Fox Business to discuss President Joe Biden’s plan to increase taxes. “Click photo above or here to watch* Partial Transcript Below: Hagerty on Biden proposal to increase taxes: “I...
Hagerty: Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program Finally Open
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today applauded the announced opening of the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program and is encouraging Tennessee’s eligible live venue operators and promoters, theatrical producers, live performing arts...
Hagerty, Blackburn Applaud Federal Disaster Declaration to Help Tennesseans Recover from Severe Winter Storms
WASHINGTON. – United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) applauded President Joe Biden’s Major Disaster Declaration for the State of Tennessee, which will release federal funds to help communities across the state recover from the severe...
Hagerty Statement on COVID-19 Hate Crimes Legislation
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today released the following statement after voting for final passage of S. 937, the COVID-19 Hate Crimes legislation: “No person should be discriminated against or face hate or bigotry of any kind. As the former...
Hagerty Statement on Colin Kahl Requiring the Vice President’s Vote
WASHINGTON— United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN)— who requested the FBI conduct an immediate investigation into whether Colin Kahl, President Joe Biden’s nominee to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, improperly disclosed classified information— released...
Hagerty, Blackburn Urge SBA to Implement the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant as Congress Intended
WASHINGTON—United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) have joined a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers in a letter to Small Business Administrator (SBA) Isabella Guzman urging her to ensure the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG)...
Hagerty Statement on Democrats’ Green New Deal
WASHINGTON—Unites States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today released the following statement after Democrats re-introduced their Green New Deal in both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate: “While Tennesseans still live in the real world, it is clear that...
ICYMI—Hagerty joins The Sean Hannity Show to talk Democrats’ Destroying Institutions, Climate Negotiations with Communist China
WASHINGTON— United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) joined The Sean Hannity Show on Friday to discuss how Democrats are working to destroy our institutions through abolishing the filibuster and packing the courts. He also discussed recent reports regarding John...