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7th generation Tennessean born and raised in Maryville

Maryville, TN
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    Dec 11

    Today, I announced that I’ll be seeking specific legislative, regulatory, or sub-regulatory solutions to help .

    #LowerHealthCareCosts
    I am asking health care experts for specific ideas in priority order about how to reduce cost to taxpayers, employers, and families, in writing, by March 1, 2019.
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  2. 22 hours ago

    I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

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  3. Dec 21

    I was not elected to shut down the government, I was elected to make it work for taxpayers. This is a complete failure of negotiations and a success for no one.

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  4. Dec 21

    Shutting down the government should be as off limits to budget negotiations as chemical weapons are to warfare. I was not for a government shutdown under President Obama. I'm not for a government shutdown under President Trump.

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  5. Dec 21

    There is no excuse for even a short-term, partial government shutdown.

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  6. Dec 21

    I want to put a stop to this practice of the Senate breaking its rules to change its rules. I will not vote to turn the Senate into a rule-breaking institution, and I hope that my colleagues will not either.

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  7. Dec 21

    This is a country that prizes the rule of law – I’ve heard President Trump say that, and I've heard President Obama say that. How can we expect Americans to follow the rules when their number one rule making institution, the U.S. Senate, will not follow its own rules?

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  8. Dec 21

    Ending the legislative filibuster would be like allowing the home team to change the rules in the middle of the game, saying a nine yard gain is a first down, or a three point shot counts as four. That's not the rule of law.

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  9. Dec 21

    Good news— just signed the First Step Act, bipartisan prison reform legislation I cosponsored that was introduced by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman .

    I am glad to cosponsor Senator ’s First Step Act because it will help improve the federal criminal justice system and reform federal prisons.
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  10. Dec 21

    We have rules to follow. I want to put a stop to this practice of the Senate breaking its rules to change its rules. I will not vote to turn the Senate into a rule-breaking institution and I hope that my colleagues will not. Read my full statement here:

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  11. Dec 20

    In the final week before Christmas, the U.S. Senate accomplished quite a bit—and signed my PREEMIE reauthorization bill into law.

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  12. Dec 20

    The also includes the Tennessee Wilderness Act that I introduced alongside and . This law will designate nearly 20,000 acres of the Cherokee National Forest as a wilderness area.

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  13. Dec 20

    . just signed the into law. This new law will help provide much-needed certainty for Tennessee’s 340,000 farmers and farmers across the country.

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  14. Dec 20

    Good news— has signed the into law.

    Agriculture is one of Tennessee’s most important industries, with more than 66,000 farms contributing tens of billions of dollars each year to our state’s economy. Today’s Senate passage of the farm bill is a big win for Tennessee’s 340,000 farmers.
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  15. Dec 20

    This Congress, the Senate HELP Committee I chair produced 18 laws including what calls “landmark” opioid legislation to combat the nation’s most pressing public health crisis.

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  16. Dec 20

    The people of Tennessee have been very generous to me, and I’m very grateful Tennesseans have given me the privilege of serving more combined years as Governor and Senator than anyone else from our state.

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  17. Dec 20

    It is my hope that the U.S. House of Representatives swiftly passes this legislation.

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  18. Dec 20

    The bipartisan bill I introduced alongside , and will allow people to answer up to 22 questions on the form with one simple click, while keeping the applicant’s data secure.

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  19. Dec 20

    The U.S. Senate passed the Faster Access to Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Act, legislation that will make completing the complicated FAFSA much easier for students and families.

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  20. Dec 19

    Good news— signed the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act. This law, which I introduced with , will help reduce infant deaths and improve infant health by continuing research and education programs aimed at preventing preterm births.

    The PREEMIE Reauthorization Act is headed to ’s desk to become law. Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the legislation after the Senate passed it in September.
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  21. Dec 19

    More good news from the White House— has signed into law ’s Sickle Cell Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act, which passed with bipartisan support out of the Senate HELP Committee I chair.

    Yesterday, the U.S. House passed ’s Sickle Cell Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act. It’s now headed to ’s desk to be signed into law!
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