WASHINGTON – Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today introduced The Clean Air Act Amendments of 2010, legislation that would cut mercury emissions by 90 percent from coal-fired power plants and tighten national limits&nbs...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, will deliver a speech on the Senate floor this morning at approximately 9:40 about one of the key philosophical differences in governance that distinguishes Democrats...
An adolescent asked Mozart how to compose symphonies. Mozart said that because the lad was so young, perhaps he should begin composing ballads. "But," the young man objected, "you wrote symphonies when you were only 10 years old." Mozart replied: "But I didn't have to ask how."
This week the man ...
Hartwick college, a small liberal-arts school in upstate New York, makes this offer to well-prepared students: earn your undergraduate degree in three years (six semesters) instead of four, and save about $43,000—the amount of one year's tuition and fees. A number of innovative colleges are making t...
To cut carbon emissions, the House of Representatives has devised a cap-and-trade plan that also mandates a switch to renewable resources -- wind, sunshine, and "biomass" -- for 20 percent of our energy by 2020. Democrats on the Senate Energy Committee have proposed a similar mandate. Meanwhile, the...
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) discusses issues with Chris Wallace and a bipartisan Congressional panel on Fox News Sunday.
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WASHINGTON--U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate regarding the president's upcoming State of the Union speech.
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, delivered a speech on the Senate floor this morning about one of the key philosophical differences in governance that distinguishes Democrats from Republicans—t...
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today made the following remarks on the floor of the U.S. Senate:
• “The Democratic health care bill is arrogant. It is arrogant to think that we are wise enough in a 2,000-page bill to completely turn upside-down and change ...
U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today made the following remarks on the floor of the Senate:
• “I have an important announcement to make on a subject which I believe will be of interest to the American people: the era of the 1,000-page bill is over. We have 2,000-page bill, a new health c...
Sen. Lamar Alexander addresses reporters at a Republican press conference on the Boxer-Kerry National Energy Tax.
Senator Lamar Alexander, along with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senator John Thune, spoke at a press conference about the Baucus health-care bill and the dangers of a government takeover of the health-care system.
Sen. Lamar Alexander delivers remarks at the 75th anniversary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park at Newfound Gap in Tennessee.
Sen. Lamar Alexander makes remarks from the podium during a press conference for Republican HELP Committee members.
Sen. Lamar Alexander answers questions following his speech which outlined a blueprint for 100 new nuclear plants in 20 years.
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