Press Releases

Hagerty Opposes Partisan Budget Resolution

WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today voted against S. Con. Res. 5, the Budget Resolution, which is being used as a gimmick for the Biden Administration and Democrats in Congress to plow forward with a completely partisan COVID relief package...

Hagerty Statement on Biden’s Foreign Policy Speech

“In a major speech today, President Biden outlined a vision for a foreign policy bent on resuming the Obama-Biden Administration’s failed approach of multilateralism and appeasement, which ultimately subjugates America’s best interests to those of others. Contrary to...

Hagerty Offers Additional Amendments to Budget Resolution

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) has filed an additional eight amendments to the budget resolution currently being debated on the Senate floor. These are in addition to the amendments Hagerty filed already—for a total of...

What They Are Saying | Praise for Hagerty’s Committee Assignments

Earlier today, Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) announced his committee assignments for the 117th Congress. Ambassador Nikki Haley, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations: “Senator Hagerty is ready to confront the challenges America faces around the world. His...

Hagerty Co-Sponsors Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today joined Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith’s (R-MS) balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution as an original co-sponsor. This proposed constitutional amendment would require the President to propose, and...

Hagerty Files Amendments to Budget Resolution

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) has submitted more than twenty amendments to the budget resolution currently being debated on the Senate floor. These amendments, which are the first he has filed as a senator, cover a broad range of topics,...

Hagerty Receives Top Committee Assignments for the 117th Congress

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today announced his committee assignments for the 117th Congress, which include highly sought after appointments to Senate Committees on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Foreign Relations; Appropriations; and...

Hagerty Joins Effort to Stop Sanctuary Cities

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) has joined legislation, introduced by Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA), that would prevent “sanctuary” jurisdictions that ignore federal immigration laws and refuse to cooperate with law enforcement from taking advantage...

Hagerty Opposes Confirmation of Buttigieg as Transportation Secretary

WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today voted against the confirmation of Pete Buttigieg to be the U.S. Secretary of Transportation over the former mayor’s lack of relevant qualifications and his reluctance during his confirmation hearing to answer...