Author Archives: Lamar Alexander

Bipartisan consensus: We need to lower health care costs

This Congress, my primary focus as chairman of the Senate’s Health Committee will be on [...]

The science is sound: Vaccines do save lives

I chaired a Senate health committee hearing last week on vaccine-preventable diseases – ongoing outbreaks [...]

Long-time Tenn. senator reflects on MLK and civil rights

As a summer intern at the U.S. Department of Justice in 1963, I stood at [...]

Small businesses hoping for big reforms in 2019 General Assembly

Recent member surveys show that the National Federation of Independent Businesses support specific reform efforts [...]

‘Latest from Lamar’: Senator congratulates primary winners, highlights job skills program

Congratulations to Marsha Blackburn on winning her primary last week. I look forward to working [...]

Sen. Lamar Alexander gives updates on funding, health care, health threats

Here are some of the things I worked on last week: Senate committee approves fourth [...]