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...
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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,...
ICYMI—Hagerty Joins Kudlow to Discuss Biden’s War on American Energy, Indo-Pacific Strategy
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined Kudlow on Fox Business to discuss President Joe Biden’s anti-American energy policies, which are fueling Vladimir Putin’s war machine, and the need...
Hagerty, Colleagues Call for Increased Oversight of Chinese Economic Aggression After Proposed Forbes Acquisition
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and Ted Cruz (R-TX), sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen raising concerns about the...