WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) released the following statement after his meeting with U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson: “Today, I personally congratulated Judge Jackson on her nomination, and I appreciated hearing firsthand...
Press Releases
Hagerty Statement on Biden’s 2023 Budget
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today released the following statement on President Joe Biden’s fiscal year 2023 budget proposal: “With 40-year-high inflation running rampant and...
Following Push from Senators Hagerty, Hassan, Cornyn, & King, Treasury Takes Steps to Close Russian Gold Loophole
WASHINGTON—United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Angus King (I-ME) today released a joint statement praising the United States Treasury Department for taking steps to prevent Vladimir Putin from using Russian gold to...
Hagerty Urges DFC to Abandon Environmental and Social Policy, Instead Invest in American Fossil Fuels
Says short-sighted energy policies have emboldened Putin WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking Committee and Foreign Relations Committee, has sent a letter to the CEO of the U.S. International Development Finance...
ICYMI—Hagerty Joins Kudlow to Discuss Sanctioning Russian Gold, Combatting China
‘[Fentanyl] is a weapon of mass destruction that China's unleashing on America.’ WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined Kudlow on Fox Business to discuss his effort to increase...
Committee Advances Hagerty-Cardin Bills to Modernize and Strengthen the State Department
Bipartisan legislation now moves to Senate floor for consideration WASHINGTON—United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Ben Cardin (D-MD)—who serve respectively as Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on State Department and...
ICYMI—Hagerty Joins Varney & Co. to Discuss the Biden Administration’s War on American Energy, Ukraine
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined Varney & Co. on Fox Business to discuss the repercussions of the Biden Administration’s war on the American oil and gas industry and the need to...
Hagerty to SEC Chair: Proposed Climate Change Disclosure Requirements Subject to Congressional Review
Says rule’s broad impact on American consumers, jobs, and investors warrants review by Americans’ elected representatives WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, sent a letter to Securities & Exchange...
Hagerty Statement on SEC’s Proposed Climate Change Disclosure Requirements
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today released the following statement on the Securities & Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposed rule that would require businesses to provide new climate change...
Hagerty, Blackburn, Kennedy Aim to Prohibit Government Contracts with Known Leakers
Legislation comes after recent court filing in Durham probe WASHINGTON—United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and John Kennedy (R-LA) have introduced the No Government Contracts for Known Leakers Act. This legislation would prohibit...