U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander

Alexander: “The Main Reason Tuition and Loans Are Going Up Is President Obama and His Healthcare Policies”

I'm introducing the Student Interest Rate Reduction Act to keep the interest rate at 3.4 percent for new subsidized Stafford loans, just as President Obama and Governor Romney have proposed. We will pay for that by taking back from the health care law money that the Congress overcharged students on their student loans.

Alexander Praises “Two Extraordinary Tennesseans United By Their Friendship and Courage”: Lance Cpl Frankie Watson and Tenn. Highway Patrol Sgt. Lowell Russell

I am here to talk about the story of two extraordinary Tennesseans who are united by both their friendship and their courage – Lance Corporal Franklin Namon Watson, who sacrificed his life for our freedom, and his devoted friend and mentor, Tennessee Highway Patrol Sergeant Lowell Russell, who is recovering from critical injuries he sustained while on duty.

Wall Street Journal: Op-Ed by Sens. Lamar Alexander, Mike Johanns, John Hoeven, and Jim Risch: ObamaCare Will Punish State Budgets

Two years after ObamaCare was signed into law the American people are more opposed to it than ever. It is now clear that the law will impose heavy burdens on state and family budgets. As lawmakers, we need to repeal the law and do what we should have done in the first place: go step by step to reduce costs so that more people can afford insurance.

"A Century of Service" Short Film: Howard Baker

Alexander joins the Bipartisan Policy Center in honoring former Tennessee senator and Majority Leader Howard Baker in this video shown at a tribute event on March 21, 2012.

Alexander to World War II Veteran and Memphis Resident Wilbur K. Hoffman: “Your Nation is Proud of You”

My late friend Alex Haley, the author of Roots, lived his life by the motto: “Find the Good and Praise it.” I am here today to praise Wilbur K. Hoffman, a remarkable hero who served in one of the most difficult battles in our nation’s history and who today at 90 years old lives a quiet life in Memphis with his family.

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Alexander Introduces Student-Loan Bill, Says President’s Policies Raising Tuition, Loan Rates

U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn) today spoke on the floor about the Student Interest Rate Reduction Act, legislation he is introducing to “keep the interest rate at 3.4% for subsidized Stafford loans beginning July 1, just as President Obama has proposed, just as Governor...

Alexander on Pat Summitt’s Retirement: “College Women’s Basketball Will Never Be the Same”

U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn) today spoke on the floor of the Senate about University of Tennessee Women’s Basketball Team Head Coach Pat Summitt’s retirement. Alexander said, “there will be much said about her winning record and it’s an astonishing accomplishment....

Alexander Praises “Two Extraordinary Tennesseans United By Their Friendship and Their Courage”

U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today spoke on the floor of the Senate about Lance Corporal Franklin Namon Watson and Tennessee Highway Patrol Sergeant Lowell Russell. “I am here today to tell you a story—that of two extraordinary Tennesseans united by their friendship and by t...

Alexander: "Double Research to Find More American Forms of Energy & More Ways to Use Less"

U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) spoke on the floor of the Senate about a bill introduced by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) to extend expiring renewable energy tax incentives by repealing oil tax provisions. Alexander said: "For all we hear about 'Big Oil -- and we hear a lot about it -- you ma...

Sen. Alexander joins former governors on Senate floor to discuss “historic mistake” health care law

U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today joined Senators Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) and John Hoeven (R-N.D.) on the Senate floor to discuss the cost to states of the new health-care law. "During the debate, I suggested to our colleagues on the other side of the aisle who were supporting the health...

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