U.S. Senator of Tennessee

Lamar Alexander

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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 to work for Congressman Baker's son, who in 1966 became Tennessee's first popularly elected Republican United States Senator. Howard H. Baker, Jr. inspired a generation of young Tennesseans to become active in government and politics. I...

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Alexander Warns That “Our Clean-Energy Future Must Be a Cheap-Energy Future”

November 23rd, 2009 - U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today warned Tennessee Valley industrial leaders that “America’s clean-energy future n...
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Alexander Discusses Health Care Reform, Afghanistan on Fox News Sunday

November 22nd, 2009 - U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, today discussed the Democrats’ partisan...
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Alexander Says Health Care Bill Is “Historic in Its Arrogance”

November 21st, 2009 - U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, today made the following remarks on the...
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Colloquy Remarks of U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Republican Colleagues -- Health Care Reform

November 20th, 2009 - Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, the debate has begun. The debate is about reducing health care costs -- the cost of premiums ev...
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Saturday Night Fever

November 20th, 2009 - In the 2008 presidential race, John McCain often dueled with Barack Obama over health care. Over a year later, Obama is in th...
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Alexander Says New Health Bill Is “Same Turkey Americans Didn’t Like in August”


U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, today issued the following statement on the Senate Democratic health care bill: “Senator Reid’s bill is appropriate for the season: it’s the same turkey you didn’t like in August, and it’s not going to taste any...
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