Congress must check Biden's risky Iran reset By Senator Bill Hagerty February 26, 2021 Link here Just days after U.S. forces in Iraq suffered casualties from a rocket attack likely launched by an Iran-backed militia, the Biden administration appeared to turn the other...
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Hagerty Leads Bill to Require Congressional Vote before any Iran Sanctions Relief is Granted
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Banking Committee and Foreign Relations Committee, has introduced the Iran Sanctions Relief Review Act of 2021, a bill that would enable Congress to approve—or block—any Administration effort to...
ICYMI—Hagerty on the Need To Get Existing Bipartisan Relief Funds into the Economy
WASHINGTON — United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) in today’s Senate Banking Committee hearing questioned Jessica Milano, a Small Business Majority board member, about how the federal government must ensure resources are focused on helping those most affected by...
ICYMI— Hagerty Joins Mornings With Maria to Talk COVID Stimulus, Immigration, Biden Nominees
WASHINGTON – United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) joined Mornings With Maria on Fox Business to discuss President Joe Biden’s selection of abject partisans to run Health and Human Services and the Office of Management and Budget, as well as the latest on COVID...
ICYMI— Hagerty Joins Fox & Friends First to Talk HHS Nominee, Immigration
WASHINGTON – United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) joined Fox & Friends First to discuss President Joe Biden’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Xavier Becerra, as well as Hagerty’s letter to the Biden Administration on their plan to...
ICYMI— Hagerty Joins Kudlow on Fox Business to Talk Economy, China
WASHINGTON – United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) joined Larry Kudlow to discuss the economic recovery, COVID relief, and China. Click the image above or here to watch. Partial Transcript below: KUDLOW: “What is the single most important thing you could do to...
Hagerty Supports Vilsack for USDA Secretary
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today voted in favor of Tom Vilsack to be the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture. “Having served as Secretary of Agriculture for eight years under a previous administration as well as Governor of Iowa, there...
Hagerty Opposes Thomas-Greenfield for United Nations Post
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, today opposed the nomination of former Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield to be the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. “The United States needs a representative at...
Hagerty, Colleagues to Biden: Withdraw Becerra
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), along with Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) and other members of Congress, today sent a letter urging President Joe Biden to withdraw California Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s nomination to serve as the next Secretary...
Hagerty Calls for White House to Clearly Support an Immediate Return to In-Person Learning for K-12 Students
NASHVILLE, TN—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) is calling for the White House to support the immediate return of all kindergarten through 12th grade students to in-person learning after many senior administration officials, including President Joe Biden and...