United States Senator - Lamar Alexander

“Be proud to say that we are all Americans." – Lamar Alexander


	When I was 10 years old, my father took me to the Blount County courthouse to meet Howard H. Baker, Sr., our congressman. Mr. Baker stopped and talked with me and gave me a dime. I was sure I had just met the most respected man in the world, other than my father and our preacher. Between my junior and senior years at Maryville High School , I visited Washington, D.C. for the first time. Again, Mr. Baker found time for a visit. He wrote me a nice letter, which now hangs in my office. I am sure those two experiences had something to do with my volunteering t... more

Alexander Statement on Reelection as Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference

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 imaginatio... read more

Members of Tennessee Delegation Announce Drought Declaration for Nine Counties in Tennessee

January 8th, 2009 - U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and U.S. Representatives Bart Gordon (D-Tenn. 6), John Dunca...
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Alexander Honors Claiborne Pell on Senate Floor

January 6th, 2009 - U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today made the following remarks on the floor of the Senate regarding the passing of f...
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Alexander Begins Second Term as U.S. Senator

January 6th, 2009 - U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) released the following statement this morning after being sworn in on the Senate floor...
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Floor Remarks of U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) - Tribute to Claiborne Pell

January 6th, 2009 - Mr. President, on January 1, Claiborne Pell died. Claiborne Pell was the Senator from Rhode Island, the longest serving Senat...
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Alexander, Corker, Wamp: Y-12 to Play Central Role in NNSA’s Complex Transformation Plan

December 17th, 2008 - U.S. Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Congressman Zach Wamp (R-Tenn. 3) announced that the Nation...
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