Ranking Member's Press

WASHINGTON, September 14 — At the Senate health committee’s fourth health care hearing this month, Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said that "it’s clear to truly protect patients, we need to stabilize the markets, limit premium increases, and begin to lower premiums in the future." “For seven years, hardly...

WASHINGTON, September 12 — At the third of four Senate health care hearings this month, held to hear testimony from state flexibility experts, Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said that any health insurance compromise for a stability bill including cost-sharing payments must also include real flexibility for states. “The individual...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 8, 2017 – The Senate this week passed three bipartisan public health bills to help more American families lead healthier lives. The three bills were overwhelmingly approved in April by the Senate health committee, chaired by Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.). “These bills each take important steps to help...

WASHINGTON, D.C., September 7, 2017 – U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today voted for a funding bill that supports biomedical research and continues year-round Pell grant availability for Tennessee students.  “Governing is about setting priorities, and that is exactly what this Republican-led Senate is doing,"...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 7, 2017 – At the second of four Senate health care hearings this month, Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said that his goal for the hearings is to produce limited, bipartisan, and balanced legislation to help 18 million Americans afford their insurance next year.  “If Congress...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 6, 2017 – Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today launched a series of hearings on helping 18 million Americans be able to access and afford health insurance in 2018.  Alexander said at today’s hearing, “This step is not so small to 18 million...

WASHINGTON, August 31 — Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) today announced that on September 12 the Senate’s health committee will meet to hear testimony from health care experts on ways to increase state flexibility in the individual health insurance...

  WASHINGTON, August 31 — Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) today announced that on September 14 the Senate’s health committee will meet to hear testimony from health care stakeholders representing doctors, hospitals, insurers, patients, and insurance...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 30 – Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today said that the U.S. Education Department’s approval of Tennessee’s new state education plan under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) means “Tennesseans are back in the driver’s seat for decisions on how to help Tennessee students learn and how to...

WASHINGTON, August 29 — Senate labor committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement after the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) rescinded an Obama-era Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) data collection mandate to increase by 20 times the employment data it currently collects from each of...

WASHINGTON, August 25 — Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) today announced that on September 6 the Senate’s health committee will hear testimony from state insurance commissioners representing the states of Tennessee, Washington, Pennsylvania, Alaska and...

WASHINGTON, August 23 — Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) today announced the Senate health committee will hear September 7 from governors representing the states of Massachusetts, Montana, Tennessee, Utah and Colorado. ·        ...

WASHINGTON, August 22, 2017 — Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) today announced the Senate health committee will hear from state insurance commissioners and governors, respectively, at the first two bipartisan hearings in September on stabilizing premiums in the individual...

WASHINGTON, August 18 — President Trump today signed bipartisan legislation authored by Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) to speed safe drugs and medical devices into patients’ medicine cabinets and doctors’ offices, while maintaining the highest...

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 16, 2017 – Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement on President Trump’s decision to make August cost sharing reduction payments: “The president’s decision helps 18 million Americans who buy health insurance on the individual...

WASHINGTON, August 2 — The Senate today passed bipartisan legislation led by health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) to speed safe drugs and medical devices into patients’ medicine cabinets and doctors’ offices. Alexander said: “The Senate has sent to the...

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2017 — United States Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement on his vote to confirm Marvin Kaplan as a member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB): “This position has been vacant for 23 months, since President Obama declined to nominate a Republican to this then-minority...

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2017 — The Senate labor committee today approved the nominations of Heather MacDougall and James Sullivan to serve as members of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC). Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today called on his Senate colleagues to confirm the nominees as soon as...

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2017 — The Senate health committee today approved the nominations of Lance Allen Robertson to serve as Assistant Secretary for Aging, Dr. Brett Giroir to serve as Assistant Secretary for Health, Dr. Robert Kadlec to serve as Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Dr. Elinore F. McCance-Katz to serve...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 1, 2017 – At today’s confirmation hearing in the Senate health committee, Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said, “confirming today’s Department of Health and Human Services nominees will help ensure the department can deliver on its mission of protecting and improving the health of all...