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“Be proud to say that we are all Americans." – Lamar Alexander
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Alexander Statement on Reelection as Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference
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November 18th, 2008 - WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) issued the following statement today after his reelection as chairman of the Senate Republican Conference:
“We’ll support our new president when he’s right and oppose him and come up with a better idea when he’s wrong. We know exactly what we need to do. We don’t need new principles. We don’t need to hire a PR firm. We have had a failure of imagination on the Republican side. We need to turn the principles we believe in into solutions that affect Americans on an everyday basis – solutions on electric prices, on health insurance, on helping balance the family budget, and on keeping spending under control. We know how to do that, we will do that, and we’re looking forward to it.”
The Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, the third ranking position in Senate Republican leadership, convenes meetings of GOP senators and leads efforts to communicate the Senate Republican message to the American people. He will oversee an operation that provides Republican senators a full range of communications services including graphics, radio, television, and Internet.
Alexander served as Chairman last year after succeeding Senator Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) in January. Senator Kyl now assumes the Republican Whip role, the Senate GOP’s No. 2 position. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is the Republican Leader of the Senate.
Alexander was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2002 and served as Deputy Whip from 2003 to 2006. Alexander first came to the Senate forty-two years ago, in January 1967, as a legislative assistant to Senator Howard Baker (R-TN). A former two-term governor of Tennessee, Alexander also has served as president of the University of Tennessee and U.S. Secretary of Education.
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January 28, 2009 -
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Alexander, Corker, Cohen Announce $1.1 Million for Memphis Fire Services
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January 28, 2009 -
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Appropriations Committee Passes Alexander Amendment to Protect Children with Disabilities
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January 23, 2009 -
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Alexander, Corker, Roe Announce Grant Funding To Aid Tennessee Fire Departments
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January 22, 2009 -
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Alexander Opposes Trial Lawyer Bailout Bill, Says It Will Kill Jobs
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January 21, 2009 -
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Alexander, Corker, Roe Announce $52,500 for Jonesborough International Storytelling Center
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January 20, 2009 -
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Alexander Statement on Swearing-in of President Barack Obama
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January 16, 2009 -
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Alexander Statement on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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January 16, 2009 -
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Alexander, Corker, L. Davis, Gordon Request Drought Declaration for Giles and Macon Counties
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January 15, 2009 -
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Alexander Statement on Motion to Disapprove $350 Billion in Financial Rescue Package
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January 15, 2009 -
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Alexander, Corker, Wamp: Green McAdoo and Trail of Tears Bills One Step Closer to Law
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January 15, 2009 -
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Alexander: Green McAdoo One Step Closer to National Park
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January 14, 2009 -
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Alexander to Environmental Nominees: We Need New Clean Air Rules
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January 14, 2009 -
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RID Tenn. and U.S. of Foreign Radioactive Waste
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January 13, 2009 -
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Alexander: Arne Duncan Obama’s Best Cabinet Appointment
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January 12, 2009 -
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Alexander Statement on Voinovich Announcement
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January 9, 2009 -
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Alexander Says “Right to Work” Law Key to Protecting Tennessee Workers’ Rights and Raising Incomes
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January 8, 2009 -
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Members of Tennessee Delegation Announce Drought Declaration for Nine Counties in Tennessee
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January 6, 2009 -
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Alexander Honors Claiborne Pell on Senate Floor
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January 6, 2009 -
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Alexander Begins Second Term as U.S. Senator
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