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

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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


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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
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Alexander Votes to Extend Unemployment Benefits for Tennesseans

November 20th, 2008 - U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement regarding his vote in favor of unemployment ben...
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Alexander Statement on Reelection as Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference

November 18th, 2008 - U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) issued the following statement today after his reelection as chairman of the Senate R...
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Alexander Statement on Veterans Day

November 10th, 2008 - U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement regarding Veterans Day: “We not only owe the...
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Alexander, Corker, Wamp: Oak Ridge Supercomputer is World’s Fastest System Dedicated to Unclassified Research

November 10th, 2008 - U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and U.S. Representative Zach Wamp (R-Tenn. 3) said today tha...
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Alexander: New Center Will Help Preserve Howard Baker’s Legacy for New Generation of Leaders

October 31st, 2008 - U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said today at the dedication of the new Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy ...
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