Ranking Member's Press

Washington, D.C., Sept. 17 –U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today voted against moving the nomination of Sharon Block, President Obama’s nominee for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), out of committee. Alexander said today: “Ms. Block showed a troubling lack of respect for the Constitution, the separation of powers,...

WASHINGTON, September 17 – Republican committee leaders in the Senate and House today called on the Obama administration to provide details on the security of HealthCare.gov after a report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) found systemic security weaknesses in the website, many because of administration actions, that...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 – Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) made the following statement on the report released tonight by the Government Accountability Office detailing security weaknesses at Healthcare.gov that put Americans’ sensitive personal information at risk: “The president and his administration launched Healthcare.gov...

WASHINGTON, September 16 – U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), said today the United States and other countries must respond more urgently to the threat of Ebola, which he said is “as deadly and dangerous as ISIS.” At a joint Senate hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and the Senate...

  Washington, D.C., Sept. 16 - Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today introduced the NLRB Reform Act to turn the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from an advocate to an umpire and keep the general counsel from operating as an activist for one side or the other. McConnell said:...

*** “There is no known cure. Half of those who get sick die. Each sick person could put 20 or more other people at risk, including caregivers, friends, or family.” – Lamar Alexander WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 – Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said today that the nation’s leaders “must take the deadly, dangerous...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bipartisan group of Senate and House leaders today announced a legislative agreement to improve and reauthorize the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act. Negotiated by Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Richard Burr (R-NC), and Representatives John Kline (R-MN), George...

“Parents of the more than 600,000 children who receive emergency medical treatment at Tennessee hospitals every year deserve to know their child is receiving the best medical care possible—especially during already stressful and unexpected times.” –Lamar Alexander  Washington, D.C., Sept. 11 – U.S. Senator Lamar...

  WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 – U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), today voted against moving to Democrats’ proposal to create more litigation and less workplace flexibility. “Last year, 33 Tennesseans filed charges against their employers under the Equal Pay Act, which gives them tools to fight wage discrimination without...

*** “I am concerned that the businesses and workers who count on the NLRB for stability are being asked to rely on the judgment of someone who chose instead to create confusion and instability.” –Lamar Alexander   Washington, D.C., September 9 – U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), the senior Republican on the Senate...

*** “It's hard enough to go to college without having to wade through answering 108 questions, 106 of which are unnecessary—and then have to waste time and money redoing the application forms because the Department itself can't keep up with the complexity."    –Lamar Alexander  MARYVILLE,...

NASHVILLE, Tenn., September 4 – U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), the senior Republican on the Senate health committee, today released the following statement on the news that a hacker gained access and uploaded malicious software onto HealthCare.gov: “This security failure is unacceptable—this administration has an...

  Washington, D.C., Sept. 2- Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), the top Republicans on the Senate committees overseeing health policy, today released a joint report dispelling eight major claims from the Obama administration on the president’s health care law. Alexander, the senior Republican on the Senate HELP...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN) called on the Obama Administration to provide Congress and the American people with new and accurate information about the number of people who are enrolled in Obamacare exchange coverage.    The administration has not released information on...

Washington, D.C., Aug. 22 – U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today made the following statement on rules issued by the Obama administration that would create new processes for religious nonprofits and certain for-profit companies to apply for an exemption from the Obamacare mandate to provide employee coverage for abortifacient drugs...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 22 — Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Jack Reed (D-RI) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) today released for public comment a draft bill that would require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to speed the review process for life-saving sunscreen ingredients and provide more certainty to makers of...

Nashville, Aug. 20 – U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) made the following statement on the Gallup poll released today, which shows the overwhelming majority of Americans believe states or local school boards—not the federal government—should have the greatest influence on what is taught in public schools: “The Obama...

Washington, D.C., August 19 – U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) made the following statement on the report today from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration on the Internal Revenue Service’s inadequate enforcement of the 2.3 percent excise tax on medical device manufacturers. “Tennessee companies have been...

Washington, D.C., Aug. 12 -  Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), the senior Republican on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-Minn.) today requested a study from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the Department of...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 1 – U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today led colleagues in calling on the Obama administration to release guidance documents on biosimilar drug approvals. The senators were joined by three Republican members on the Senate health committee, Senators Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Mike Enzi...