Chair's Press

WASHINGTON, April 8, 2020 — The chairmen of the United States Senate’s top health committees today urged Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to confirm that the new law allows free tests for Americans who have had COVID-19 and are likely immune to the disease. A copy of the letter is available here. Senator...

MARYVILLE, Tenn., March 27, 2020 — United States Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said legislation the president signed into law today provides “sweeping relief to keep paychecks coming for workers, to relieve financial burdens for Americans hurt by COVID-19, and especially, to contain the disease.” Alexander voted for and...

“The government has temporarily shut down the economy because of this disease, and the government must help those who are hurt by it.” – Senator Lamar Alexander WASHINGTON, March 25, 2020 — United States Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said legislation he voted for and the Senate passed today by a vote of...

WASHINGTON, March 25, 2020 — Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today said that the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act will help keep Americans healthy, keep paychecks coming for workers, and help relieve financial burdens for Americans hurt by...

WASHINGTON, March 23, 2020 — "This is no time to be running a political campaign," U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said today on the Senate floor as Democrats block legislation that will generate trillions in economic support to help keep employees on payrolls and to relieve Tennesseans’ – and all Americans' –...

WASHINGTON, March 22, 2020 — "This is about your paycheck," Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said today in describing a collection of Republican and Democrat senators' ideas that he said will generate trillions in economic support to help keep employees on payrolls and to relieve Americans' financial burden while containing COVID-19. He...

WASHINGTON, March 19, 2020 — The Chairmen of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee and the Senate Finance Committee today released the following statements on provisions included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to keep Americans healthy and help families, workers, and schools during the COVID-19...

WASHINGTON, March 18, 2020 – United States Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement after he voted for and the Senate passed, by a vote of 90-8, a second piece of legislation to address the COVID-19 outbreak: “We are here not as Democrats and Republicans, but we are here to work together to do whatever we...

MARYVILLE, Tennessee, March 13, 2020 — Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced actions to help address diagnostic testing for the COVID-19 outbreak: “The Trump Administration’s actions yesterday are the type of...

WASHINGTON – Amid the coronavirus outbreak, U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN), along with a group of nine Senators, today introduced the Commission on America’s Medical Security, bipartisan legislation to safeguard America’s medical supply chain and address shortages due to the United...

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 10, 2020 – U.S. Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement after the Trump Administration released two final electronic health record rules: “These rules are a continuation of the effort to make electronic health records systems work so patients have access...

WASHINGTON, March 5, 2020 — Senate Labor Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement after Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) was elected as Chair of the Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety replacing former Senator Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.): “Having one of the Senate’s ablest and...

WASHINGTON, March 4, 2020 — Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement on the coronavirus supplemental funding legislation: “This legislation will deliver an important boost in funding to fight coronavirus and the Senate should pass it this week so President Trump can sign it...

WASHINGTON, March 3, 2020 — Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today said “respected professionals with decades of experience are the right people to give the American people accurate information about the coronavirus—both what individuals can do and what the federal government is doing to...

** Click here or on the image above for Senator Alexander’s conversation with U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar. ** Washington, D.C., February 25, 2020 – U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today said the Trump Administration and state and local health systems are “doing their job” to protect...

WASHINGTON, February 25, 2020 — U.S. Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement on the White House request for additional funding for novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, response:  “Every year, Senator Blunt and Senator Murray fund the programs that...

WASHINGTON, February 25, 2020 — Senate Labor Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement on the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) final rule on the joint employer standard:  “The NLRB’s final rule is positive news for the men and women operating our nation’s...

Washington, D.C., February 10, 2020 — United States Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement on President Trump’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2021: “I appreciate the president’s budget suggestions and will carefully consider his recommendations as...

WASHINGTON, February 5, 2020 — U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today on the Senate floor discussed his decision to vote for acquittal in the Senate impeachment trial. Below is a partial transcript of his remarks.  “I worked with other senators to make sure that we had the right to ask for more documents and...

“I worked with other senators to make sure that we have the right to ask for more documents and witnesses, but there is no need for more evidence to prove something that has already been proven and that does not meet the United States Constitution’s high bar for an impeachable offense. …The Constitution does not give the Senate...