Chair's Press

WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 30 – Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today said that the U.S. Education Department’s approval of Tennessee’s new state education plan under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) means “Tennesseans are back in the driver’s seat for decisions on how to help Tennessee students learn and how to...

WASHINGTON, August 29 — Senate labor committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement after the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) rescinded an Obama-era Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) data collection mandate to increase by 20 times the employment data it currently collects from each of...

Sen. Lamar Alexander will hold bipartisan hearings in early September in a last minute attempt to assure insurers of the federal government's commitment to the individual market, and pave the way for states to ask for flexibility on insurance benefits. Alexander, R-Tenn., is looking to drum up support for a "bipartisan way to get a limited result...

WASHINGTON, August 25 — Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) today announced that on September 6 the Senate’s health committee will hear testimony from state insurance commissioners representing the states of Tennessee, Washington, Pennsylvania, Alaska and...

WASHINGTON, August 23 — Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) today announced the Senate health committee will hear September 7 from governors representing the states of Massachusetts, Montana, Tennessee, Utah and Colorado. ·        ...

WASHINGTON, August 22, 2017 — Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) today announced the Senate health committee will hear from state insurance commissioners and governors, respectively, at the first two bipartisan hearings in September on stabilizing premiums in the individual...

WASHINGTON, August 18 — President Trump today signed bipartisan legislation authored by Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) to speed safe drugs and medical devices into patients’ medicine cabinets and doctors’ offices, while maintaining the highest...

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 16, 2017 – Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement on President Trump’s decision to make August cost sharing reduction payments: “The president’s decision helps 18 million Americans who buy health insurance on the individual...

WASHINGTON, August 2 — The Senate today passed bipartisan legislation led by health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) to speed safe drugs and medical devices into patients’ medicine cabinets and doctors’ offices. Alexander said: “The Senate has sent to the...

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2017 — United States Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement on his vote to confirm Marvin Kaplan as a member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB): “This position has been vacant for 23 months, since President Obama declined to nominate a Republican to this then-minority...

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2017 — The Senate labor committee today approved the nominations of Heather MacDougall and James Sullivan to serve as members of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC). Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today called on his Senate colleagues to confirm the nominees as soon as...

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2017 — The Senate health committee today approved the nominations of Lance Allen Robertson to serve as Assistant Secretary for Aging, Dr. Brett Giroir to serve as Assistant Secretary for Health, Dr. Robert Kadlec to serve as Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Dr. Elinore F. McCance-Katz to serve...

The Senate has the opportunity now to reverse the trend of an activist National Labor Relations Board and bring stability to our nation's workplaces by voting on two nominees who will fill long-vacant openings on the board. Marvin Kaplan and William Emanuel, President Trump's nominees to the NLRB, are eminently qualified to be confirmed. Their...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 1, 2017 – At today’s confirmation hearing in the Senate health committee, Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said, “confirming today’s Department of Health and Human Services nominees will help ensure the department can deliver on its mission of protecting and improving the health of all...

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 1 – Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today made the following remarks:   “This committee, which is the Senate’s health committee, will hold hearings beginning the week of September 4th on the actions Congress should take to stabilize and strengthen the individual health insurance market so...

WASHINGTON, August 1, 2017 — Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) today released the following statement: “This committee will hold hearings beginning the week of September 4th on the actions Congress should take to stabilize and strengthen the individual health...

WASHINGTON, July 28, 2017 – U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) released the following statement about the United States Senate’s vote today, 49-51, not to approve an amendment that would have moved the health care bill debate to a conference of the Senate and the House of Representatives:   “I voted to take the next step...

WASHINGTON, July 26, 2017—United States Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement on his vote against the amendment to repeal the Affordable Care Act without a replacement plan: “I agree with President Trump that we should repeal and replace major parts of the Affordable Care Act at the same time. In 2015,...

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 25, 2017 – Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement about the Senate’s vote to begin debate on a health care bill: “Every senator, Republican and Democrat alike, will now have a virtually unlimited opportunity to debate and offer amendments to...

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Wednesday advanced President Trump's picks to fill two open seats on the National Labor Relations Board, the government's main labor law enforcement agency. The votes for Marvin Kaplan and William Emanuel were along strict party lines, reflecting the fact that the nominees are expected...