WASHINGTON—United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jim Risch (R-ID), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, John Barrasso (R-WY), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), and Ted Cruz (R-TX) last week...
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Hagerty Leads Colleagues in Condemning VOA’s Refusal to Call Hamas Terrorists
Internal documents expose VOA directing staff not to refer to Hamas as a terrorist organization WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, International...
Hagerty, Vance, Banking Committee Republicans Urge Biden Admin to Reverse Guidance Requiring Loans for Illegal Immigrants
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, joined Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH), along with all other Republican members of the Senate Banking Committee, in sending a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and...
Hagerty, Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Legislation Forcing Biden Admin to Make Catch-and-Release Data Public
Legislation Would Require the Biden Administration to Release Data on Unlawful Migrant Release Programs WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) joined Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), along with 24 other Senate Republican colleagues, in introducing the...
Hagerty Leads Colleagues Urging Biden Admin to Re-Designate Iran-Backed Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization
The Trump Administration designated the Houthis as an FTO, but the Biden Administration revoked the designation in February 2021 WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led his colleagues in...
Tennessean Nominated by Hagerty Chosen as Angels in Adoption Honoree
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) in August nominated John Thomas "J.T." Harding for the 2023 Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute’s Angels in Adoption program. Last month, J.T. was selected as an Angels in Adoption honoree. “I was honored...
ICYMI—Hagerty Joins Kudlow on Fox Business to Discuss Blinken’s Failure to Guarantee US Tax Dollars Aren’t Funding Hamas
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations and Foreign Relations Committees and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, today joined Kudlow on Fox Business to discuss his questioning during today’s Senate Appropriations...
Hagerty, Cruz, Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation to use Funds Seized From Corrupt Venezuelan Individuals for the Venezuelan People
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), along with Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Rick Scott (R-FL), and Todd Young (R-IN), in...
Pressed by Hagerty, Blinken Can’t Deny that U.S. Taxpayers are Funding Both Sides of Israel-Hamas War
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today pressed Secretary of State Antony Blinken on U.S. taxpayer support that is benefiting Iran-backed Hamas terrorists in Gaza. Under repeated questioning,...
Hagerty to Blinken and Power: “I want to ensure that not one single penny of U.S. taxpayer funds ever ends up again in the hands of Hamas and other Iran-backed Palestinian terrorists”
Requests transparent answers prior to Blinken’s appearance before Appropriations Committee next week on how much funding has been sent to Hamas-controlled Gaza WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations and Foreign...