Tells President’s nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia that the Kingdom “can be a very critical partner” despite President’s insult that it has “very little social redeeming value” WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate...
Press Releases
Hagerty, Colleagues Push Back on SEC’s Back-Door Attempt to Restrain Crypto Market
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, along with Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Mike Crapo (R-ID), and Mike Rounds (R-SD), sent a letter to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...
Hagerty Announces 2022 First Session Summer Interns
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today announced the students serving as interns in his Washington, D.C., and Tennessee offices for the 2022 first summer session. “An internship in the U.S. Senate—whether in Washington or in Tennessee—offers...
Hagerty, Warner Introduce Updated Emergency Funding Bill to Protect U.S. Supreme Court Justices
Bill provides supplemental security funding requested by Court and U.S. Marshals WASHINGTON—United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Mark Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, today...
Hagerty, Capito, Wicker Seek GAO Opinion Regarding Whether EPA Denial of Small Refinery Exemptions Requires Congressional Review
Denial burdens small refineries despite national average gas prices topping $5.00 per gallon for the first time in history WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, along with Senators Shelley Moore Capito...
Hagerty Statement on Another Month of Historic Inflation
NASHVILLE, TN—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today released the following statement in response to the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), showing an...
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Advances Bipartisan Bill to Stem the Flood of Fentanyl Coming to the U.S.
Hagerty-Cardin-Cornyn language will call out countries like China that produce the precursor chemicals needed to produce fentanyl and other illicit drugs WASHINGTON—United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) praised unanimous passage by...
Hagerty Statement on the Biden Administration’s Plan to Circumvent U.S. Law and Create an Unofficial U.S. Consulate for the Palestinians in Jerusalem
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Appropriations Committees and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, today released the following statement after the Biden Administration confirmed it is moving the...
Hagerty Statement on Leadership Transition at Tennessee Department of Economic & Community Development
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a former Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic & Community Development, today released the following statement after Governor Bill Lee announced Commissioner Bob Rolfe’s departure from state...
Hagerty, Cardin Plan Oversight Hearing to Review Concerns of Nepotism, Ethics Violations on State Department Promotion Panels
Inspector General Report raises questions of apparent ethics violations WASHINGTON – United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), Ranking Member and Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management,...