Ranking Member's Press

WASHINGTON, November 14, 2017 — Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today said that “gene editing technology, like CRISPR-cas9, has the potential to transform human health, when used properly.”   “CRISPR is a form of gene editing that essentially uses molecules that can be targeted to...

WASHINGTON, November 13 — Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement on President Trump’s selection of Alex Azar to serve as United States Secretary of Health and Human Services:   “As a former Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services and private sector...

WASHINGTON, November 8, 2017 – House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN), and Senate Select Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC) released the following statement regarding a provision within the National...

WASHINGTON, November 8, 2017 — Senate labor committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement on his vote to confirm Peter Robb to serve as General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board: “As General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, Peter Robb will have an...

  WASHINGTON, D.C., November 7, 2017 – Senate labor committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today said the House passage – by a vote of 242 to 181 – of the bipartisan Save Local Business Act “restores the path to the American dream” for owners of 780,000 franchise businesses.   “Today’s House...

MARYVILLE, Tennessee, November 3—Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed The CHAMPION Act, which extends funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and extends mandatory funding for important public health programs in the...

MARYVILLE, Tennessee, November 3—Senate labor committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Kyle Fortson as a member of the National Mediation Board: “A dedicated public servant, Kyle Fortson is eminently qualified to serve...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Pat Roberts (R-Kans.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) today reintroduced the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Regulatory Relief Act (S. 2059), legislation that would provide regulatory flexibility and hardship relief to address...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 1 – The Affordable Care Act has failed to live up to its promises since day one. As this year’s open enrollment for Obamacare begins, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today released the...

WASHINGTON, November 1, 2017 – U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said today, as open enrollment begins, his bipartisan bill will help the hardworking Tennesseans who are “getting hammered” because they buy insurance in the individual health insurance market and don’t get a government subsidy to help them.  These...

Washington, D.C., Nov. 1 — Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) today announced the support of more than 200 groups for their short-term bipartisan legislation to stabilize premiums and access to insurance in individual health insurance markets. Supporters of...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 31  – Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) in a radio interview with A.B. Stoddard said that under his bipartisan legislation with Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and 22 Senate cosponsors, $3.1 billion will be rebated to taxpayers, with billions more in rebates to consumers. At the beginning...

WASHINGTON, October 31, 2017—Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today said that “electronic health records are a critical piece to the future of medical innovation and the success of the 21st Century Cures Act, and I intend to ensure these provisions are implemented properly.” “Last...

WASHINGTON, October 31, 2017—Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) in remarks on the Senate floor yesterday evening, said that hardworking Tennesseans—not insurance companies—are the ones hurt by congressional inaction on Obamacare’s cost-sharing reduction payments. “When the 18 million Americans...

GATLINBURG, October 27, 2017 – Senate education Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today said the Education Department’s announcement that it is withdrawing nearly 600 out-of-date pieces of sub-regulatory guidance that have been superseded by current law or are no longer in effect is “what most Americans think Washington D.C.,...

WASHINGTON, OCTOBER 26, 2017—Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) released the following statement on President Trump’s remarks today on combatting the opioid crisis: “President Trump’s announcement today provides important leadership in helping states tackle the opioid crisis head on. Last year, 1,631...

WASHINGTON, October 26, 2017 — Senate education committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today said “universities should be the place where people of different views may speak, audiences can listen, and many contrasting viewpoints are encouraged.” “There is a long history of shouting down speakers with whom students...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2017 — United States Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today, in remarks on the Senate floor, announced the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office finds his bipartisan stabilization bill with Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) will benefit taxpayers and consumers—not insurance...

WASHINGTON, October 25, 2017—Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) today released the following statement on the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) report on the Bipartisan Health Care Stabilization Act of 2017: “This nonpartisan analysis shows that our bill provides...

WASHINGTON, October 23, 2017 — Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) released the following statement after Massachusetts’ 1332 waiver application was denied because there wasn’t enough time to implement before the next open enrollment window begins: “Under the Alexander-Murray bill, states can get...