WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, extended an invitation during today’s hearing to U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm to visit Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. Hagerty highlighted...
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Hagerty Applauds Foreign Relations Chairman for Agreeing to Committee Oversight before Votes on War Powers
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, today applauded Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ) for agreeing to committee oversight before the...
ICYMI—Hagerty joins The Evening Edit to talk S.1, Democrats Failed Attempt to Federalize Elections and Seize Power Forever
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today joined Elizabeth MacDonald on The Evening Edit to discuss the U.S. Senate’s vote on S.1. *Click the photo above or here to watch* Hagerty on fighting against S.1: “We’re in a 50-50 Senate. This is the most...
Hagerty: S.1 takes power away from American voters and gives it to politicians
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Rules Committee, which has jurisdiction over federal elections, today voted against Democrats’ “For the People Act” (S.1), which would more accurately be called the “For the Politicians Act,”...
Hagerty Warns S.1 Will Cause ‘Irreparable Damage’ to Fabric of this Country and Should Be Soundly Rejected
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Rules Committee, today addressed his colleagues on the Senate floor regarding the “For the People Act” (S.1), which would more accurately be called the “For the Politicians Act”. “This...
ICYMI—Hagerty Joins Kudlow to Discuss Infrastructure, G7 Summit
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today joined Kudlow on Fox Business to discuss the infrastructure negotiations and President Joe Biden’s performance at the G7 Summit. *Click photo above or here to watch* Partial Transcript Below: Hagerty on...
Hagerty, Colleagues Call for Public Hearing Before Senate Votes on War Powers
WASHINGTON—United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Ron Johnson (R-WI) sent a letter to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ) requesting a public hearing with the Secretaries...
Hagerty Joins Colleagues in Letter Demanding DHS Release the Biden Administration’s Immigration Policy Blueprint
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) joined Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and 10 of his Republican colleagues demanding Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas immediately release the DHS blueprint for the Biden Administration’s...
Hagerty, Blackburn, Fleischmann Request Briefing from HHS after Reports of Abuse and a Missing Child at a Facility in Chattanooga
WASHINGTON—United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Representative Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN-03) today sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra requesting a briefing to discuss the Department’s...
Hagerty, Cotton, Blackburn, Scott Introduce Bill to Protect American Universities from Foreign Influence
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) has joined Tom Cotton (R-AR), along with Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Tim Scott (R-SC), to introduce the Foreign Funding Accountability Act, which seeks to combat malign foreign influence in American colleges and...