Chair's Press

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...

WASHINGTON, January 29, 2020 – U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement after President Trump signed into law the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Implementation Act:  “Today, President Trump signed into law the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act. This is...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairmen and ranking members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, respectively, today released the following statement after holding an all-senator...

WASHINGTON, January 23, 2020 — On Friday, January 24, the Senate Health Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will host a briefing for all senators with top administration health officials regarding the novel coronavirus outbreak that was first detected in Wuhan, China. Senate Health Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander...

WASHINGTON, January 16, 2019 – U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement after he voted for and the Senate passed, by a bipartisan vote of 89-10, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Act (USMCA):  “Today, the United States Senate approved the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. This...

“The single most important step the United States could take in 2020 to further improve a growing economy is certainty in our trade agreements. This agreement, as well as the trade agreement with China the president is expected to sign today, both contribute to that certainty.” – Senator Lamar Alexander WASHINGTON, January 15,...

WASHINGTON, January 13, 2020 — Senate Labor Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Labor’s final rule on the joint employer standard: “The new joint employer rule will help restore to franchise owners—those who are hurt the most by the current...

NASHVILLE, January 7, 2020 — Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today welcomed U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, after she was sworn into the Senate replacing former Senator Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.): “I welcome Senator Kelly Loeffler to the Senate and look forward to...

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 6, 2020 – U.S. Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement on the appointment of Brad Smith to serve as the director for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ innovation center:   “Brad has exactly the right experience to lead...

KNOXVILLE, January 2, 2020 — Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced a plan to ban flavored e-cigarette pods with the exception of tobacco and mint flavors: “This flavor ban coming a month after Congress raised the legal age to purchase...

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 19, 2019 – U.S. Senate education committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today said that President Trump and Congress have delivered a Christmas present for millions of students and families after President Trump signed bipartisan legislation into law that included an amendment by Alexander and Senator...

WASHINGTON, December 18, 2019 — United States Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate health committee, today released the following statement on the Texas v. Azar court case: “Congress eliminated the individual mandate penalty, and the court has finished the job by ruling the individual mandate itself...

WASHINGTON, December 16, 2019 — Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today said Congress will vote this week on several important provisions of the Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019. “The government funding legislation that Congress will consider this week takes several important steps to address...