WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today applauded the announced opening of the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program and is encouraging Tennessee’s eligible live venue operators and promoters, theatrical producers, live performing arts...
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Hagerty, Blackburn Applaud Federal Disaster Declaration to Help Tennesseans Recover from Severe Winter Storms
WASHINGTON. – United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) applauded President Joe Biden’s Major Disaster Declaration for the State of Tennessee, which will release federal funds to help communities across the state recover from the severe...
Hagerty Statement on COVID-19 Hate Crimes Legislation
WASHINGTON—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today released the following statement after voting for final passage of S. 937, the COVID-19 Hate Crimes legislation: “No person should be discriminated against or face hate or bigotry of any kind. As the former...
Hagerty Statement on Colin Kahl Requiring the Vice President’s Vote
WASHINGTON— United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN)— who requested the FBI conduct an immediate investigation into whether Colin Kahl, President Joe Biden’s nominee to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, improperly disclosed classified information— released...
Hagerty, Blackburn Urge SBA to Implement the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant as Congress Intended
WASHINGTON—United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) have joined a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers in a letter to Small Business Administrator (SBA) Isabella Guzman urging her to ensure the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG)...