WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) released the following statement on his vote tonight in favor of the agreement to avert the "fiscal cliff":
"This agreement rescues 99 percent of Americans from individual and estate tax in...
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Senator Alexander is featured in WBIR's new series "Home Grown," which takes a close look at people born and raised in East Tennessee, taking viewers "down memory lane...[to] share the unique journeys of Tennessee's favorite sons and daughters."
"Their great talent and inspirational music will thrill millions of Americans watching the ceremonies."
The first question I ask when I look at any legislation is if it will make it easier and cheaper to create private-sector jobs, because that needs to be our No. 1 priority in Washington. Tennessee’s auto industry is strong because we made it possible for manufacturers to make in the United States what they sell in the United States. While the president’s policies are making that more difficult around the nation, many of us in Congress are working to reverse that trend.
Remember the value of having a body that protects minority rights and how damaging it would be to make the Senate like the House.
We have a big spending and borrowing problem in this country: we're borrowing 42 cents of every dollar we spend, we're headed off a fiscal cliff... So, you'd think the Senate would have a budget.
Why not bring up the appropriations bills and do our job under the Constitution to limit spending and get a head start on the business of putting fiscal problems we have behind us?
"The Supreme Court may have failed to declare the entire health-care law unconstitutional, but it is still an historic mistake that expanded a health-care system we already knew we couldn't afford. Congress should repeal the law and then proceed step by step to reduce the cost of health care so more Americans can afford to buy insurance."
"I am pleased to recommend him to our colleagues. His performance has been praised throughout his career in the community of Memphis and Shelby County, where he's best known."
Sen. Alexander receives the Stafford Award from Scenic America for his “longtime support of the scenic beauty of America’s roadways, communities, and landscapes.”
Senator Alexander and Congressman Roe meet with an eighth-grade class from Unicoi Middle School in Erwin, Tennessee, during the group's trip to Washington.
Sen. Alexander greets Girl Scouts from Murfreesboro on the steps of the United States Capitol.