Repealing Obamacare 23 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm

Senator Alexander has helped lead the fight against the new health care law since it was proposed in 2009. At the White House health care summit in February 2010, Alexander gave opening remarks on be...

Alexander Statement on the President’s Higher Education Proposal 22 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm

Alexander Statement on the President’s Higher Education Proposal WASHINGTON, August 22 – Senator Lamar Alexander (R- Tenn.), the senior Republican on the Senate’s education committee today release...

July/August 2013 Newsletter 20 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm

I’d like to share with you some of what I’ve been working on in Washington and Tennessee this past several weeks: Voting against a ‘national school board,’ pushing for state and local freedom in educ...

The Council of State Governments’ Senator Douglas Henry 2013 Guardian of Federalism Award 16 Aug 2013 | 10:30 pm

Alexander: Recall of Tainted Compounded Drugs in Texas Confirms “Congress Must Act Soon to Prevent Another Health Crisis” 12 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm

FDA announces recall of compounded products thought to be tied to bloodstream infections in 15 patients *** "It is deeply troubling to hear of more patients who may have been harmed by tainted compo...

Alexander: Bill to Lower Rates for 11 Million Students, Including 200,000 Tennesseans, Becomes Law Today 9 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm

Legislation was sponsored by Alexander and bipartisan group of senators *** "This permanent, market-based plan makes loans cheaper, simpler and more certain for the 11 million students nationwide – ...

Alexander Statement on GM’s Spring Hill Announcement 6 Aug 2013 | 10:30 pm

NASHVILLE, August 6 – U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) released the following statement on GM’s announcement today that it will make a $167 million investment in its Spring Hill plant, “creating...

Weekly Column by Lamar Alexander: School Choice: the Best Way to Improve Education 2 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm

In my final year as education secretary under President George H. W. Bush, I wrote every school superintendent in America asking them to try this new idea from Minnesota called “start-from-scratch sch...

Udall, Alexander Introduce Bipartisan Plan to Fulfill Commitment to Cold War Nuclear Workers 1 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm

Bill Establishes an Independent Panel to Oversee Compensation Program, Add Transparency to Decisions Affecting Workers' Benefits Senators Mark Udall (D-Colo.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today rein...

39 Republican Senators Call on White House for Details on Obamacare Implementation at 21 Federal Agencies 1 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm

New agency documents, news reports point to implementation efforts at agencies including the Departments of Education, Commerce, and Agriculture *** "There is a cost to the taxpayers for each and ev...