Commitment comes after structure fire last week destroyed the former Olympics facility on the river WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today received a commitment from U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Chief...
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Hagerty Presses Granholm on Ethical Issues Related to Biden Family’s Foreign Business Deals
Granholm defended President Biden, calling him an “incredibly ethical human being” who would “never do anything that would be a conflict of interest” WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today...
Hagerty to DHS Secretary: Creation of ‘Disinformation Governance Board’ Warrants Congressional Review
Says initiative impacting Americans’ free speech rights and imposing costs on American taxpayers may also violate the Antideficiency Act WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, sent a letter to U.S....
ICYMI—Hagerty Op-ed: What did Biden know about Hunter? The stonewalling needs to end
‘The overarching question remains: While Joe Biden was conducting U.S. foreign policy in China, Ukraine and other places as vice president, what did he know about his son’s deals with influential leaders in those same countries to generate many millions of dollars to...
Hagerty’s Legislation to Rein in Big Tech Introduced in the House of Representatives
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene leads introduction WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty’s (R-TN) 21st Century FREE Speech Act was introduced today in the U.S. House of Representatives by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14). The legislation...
Hagerty Statement on the President’s Announced Visit to Japan and South Korea
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, today released the following statement after the White House announced President Joe Biden will travel to South Korea and...
Secretary of State Commits to Working with Hagerty to Stop the Flow of Chinese Fentanyl into the Western Hemisphere
‘If President Xi and the Chinese Communist Party can shut down a city the size of Shanghai, one of the three largest cities in the world, I think they could certainly shut down the flow of fentanyl and its precursors into our hemisphere,’ says Hagerty...
Hagerty, Boozman, Colleagues Introduce Legislation Blocking Biden from Deploying Veterans Resources to Southern Border
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) has joined Senator John Boozman (R-AR) and nine other colleagues in introducing legislation to block the Biden Administration from diverting veterans resources to manage the crisis at the southern border. The bill...
Hagerty Presses Attorney General on Hunter Biden Investigation
Garland refuses to say whether he or other senior DOJ officials have been briefed WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today questioned U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on the Department of...
ICYMI—Hagerty Op-ed: Biden’s border neglect has caused a national security and drug crisis
‘Why won’t we prevent our immigration system from being manipulated for a massive, transnational criminal alliance between the Chinese Communist Party and the billion-dollar Mexican cartels to poison America’s youth? With Biden and the media averting their eyes and...