WASHINGTON – United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today joined Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith’s (R-MS) balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution as an original co-sponsor. This proposed constitutional amendment would require the President to propose, and...
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Hagerty Files Amendments to Budget Resolution
WASHINGTON – United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) has submitted more than twenty amendments to the budget resolution currently being debated on the Senate floor. These amendments, which are the first he has filed as a senator, cover a broad range of topics,...
Hagerty Receives Top Committee Assignments for the 117th Congress
WASHINGTON – United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today announced his committee assignments for the 117th Congress, which include highly sought after appointments to Senate Committees on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Foreign Relations; Appropriations; and...
Hagerty Joins Effort to Stop Sanctuary Cities
WASHINGTON – United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) has joined legislation, introduced by Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA), that would prevent “sanctuary” jurisdictions that ignore federal immigration laws and refuse to cooperate with law enforcement from taking advantage...
Hagerty Opposes Confirmation of Buttigieg as Transportation Secretary
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today voted against the confirmation of Pete Buttigieg to be the U.S. Secretary of Transportation over the former mayor’s lack of relevant qualifications and his reluctance during his confirmation hearing to answer...