Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.)
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Recent News About Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.)
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Sen. Hagerty: The senators who voted against this amendment are 'indefensible'
U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) voted Friday to stop the Biden Administration from using taxpayer funds to charter flights for illegal aliens wishing to “settle” in U.S. cities further from the border. Hagerty's amendment bill to halt the transport of illegal aliens was killed by Democrat Senators who voted against it.
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Hagerty: 'It is vital that the United States work to counter the CCP’s efforts to gain a strategic foothold'
Tennessee Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) was joined by fellow lawmakers to issue a bipartisan statement to present the "Inter-American Development Bank Transparency Act", which has a focus on curbing the Chinese Communist Party's influence and coercive activities in Latin America. According to a July 25 release by the Select Committee on the CCP, this has a particular emphasis on the Inter-American Development Bank.
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Hagerty, Cruz, Colleagues Call On Blinken To Reverse Biden Administration’s New Antisemitic Israel Boycott
United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), along with 13 other Senate Republican colleagues, in sending a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling on him to rescind discriminatory guidance issued by the State Department halting bilateral scientific and technological cooperation in certain Israeli-held territories.
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Hagerty On Biden Admin Collusion With Big Tech: They’re Fighting To Continue Censoring Americans
United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) today led a press conference at the U.S. Capitol to denounce the Biden Administration for colluding with Big Tech to censor Americans in violation of the First Amendment and continuing to fight in court to maintain this censorship ability while urging Senate Democrats to stop blocking passage of his Disclose Government Censorship Act.
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Hagerty, Kelly, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill To Remove Bureaucratic Barriers To American Production Of Semiconductors
United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ), along with Senators Todd Young (R-IN) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH), as well as U.S. Representatives Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02), Scott Peters (D-CA-50), Brandon Williams (R-NY-22), Colin Allred (D-TX-32), and Michael McCaul (R-TX-10), today introduced the Building Chips in America Act, legislation that will maximize efforts to bring microchip manufacturing back to America through commonsense reforms that remove unnecessary bureaucratic obstacles.
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Hagerty, Blackburn, Colleagues Call For Inquiry Into Chinese Surveillance On American Soil
United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), along with six other Senate Republican colleagues, in sending a letter to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray and Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice (DOJ) Matthew Olsen calling for an immediate inquiry into the issue of Chinese surveillance in the United States.
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ICYMI | New York Post — Did Garland Lie About Hunter Probes — Or Was He ‘Just’ Asleep At The Wheel?
‘If the whistleblowers’ testimony is true, is Garland complicit in the cover-up and the slow-rolling by commission or by omission? As a former judge, Garland well knows that crimes of omission are still crimes.’
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Hagerty, Mccaul: U.S. Tech Found In CCP Spy Balloon ‘Heightens Our Concerns’
United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance, and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX-10) released the following statement on news that U.S. technology was found in the recent Chinese Communist Party (CCP) spy balloon that violated American sovereignty and traversed the United States for eight days.
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Hagerty Annual Economic Development Tour Of Tennessee Launches Next Week
United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations and Banking Committees and former Tennessee Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, will next week begin the first leg of his third-annual Economic Development tour across the state.
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Hagerty, Risch, Colleagues Reintroduce Bill To Require Congressional Vote On Any Iran Sanctions Relief
United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Banking Committees, along with Senator Jim Risch (R-ID), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led their colleagues in reintroducing the Iran Sanctions Relief Review Act (ISRRA), a bill to ensure that the President submits any sanctions relief relating to Iran for congressional review.
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Icymi—Hagerty Joins Mornings With Maria On Fox Business To Discuss New Effort To Stop Fentanyl Crisis, Banking Committee Hearing
United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking and Foreign Relations Committees, today joined Mornings With Maria on Fox Business to discuss his letter urging the Biden Administration to sanction Mexican government officials for enabling Mexican drug cartels to smuggle drugs into the U.S. through the southern border and today’s Senate Banking Committee hearing with Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell.
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Hagerty, Colleagues Urge Biden Officials To Sanction Mexican State And Local Officials Enabling Drug Cartels
President Biden’s policy is failing as the cartel-fueled fentanyl crisis continues to kill over 70,000 Americans each year
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Hagerty Statement On The Recoup Act
United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today released the following statement after voting against advancement of the Recovering Executive Compensation Obtained from Unaccountable Practices (RECOUP) Act in a Senate Banking Committee Hearing legislative markup:
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Hagerty Joins Kudlow On Fox Business To Discuss The Biden Administration’s Weakness Toward Communist China And Iran’s Terror Regime
United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, today joined Kudlow on Fox Business to discuss the Biden Administration’s weakness toward America’s adversaries after Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s meeting with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping in China.
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Hagerty, Rubio, Wicker, Colleagues Blast Biden For Suppressing China Spy Balloon Inquiry
United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), vice chairman on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Roger Wicker (R-MS), ranking member on the Senate Armed Services Committee, and 16 other Republican senators in sending a letter criticizing President Biden for his continued stonewalling transparency after Communist China reportedly threatened to block Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Beijing if the Administration released the FBI’s investigation of the February 2023 Chinese military spy balloon incident.
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Hagerty, Bilirakis, Issa Work To Prevent Biden Administration Overreach
United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), along with Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-FL-12) and Darrell Issa (R-CA-48), has filed an amicus brief, co-signed by 31 additional Members of Congress, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the matter of Illumina, Inc. and Grail, Inc,. v. Federal Trade Commission (FTC),
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Icymi—Hagerty Joins The Exchange On Cnbc To Discuss The Biden Administration’s Weakness Toward China, Appropriations Process
United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations, Banking, and Foreign Relations Committees and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, today joined The Exchange on CNBC to discuss Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s upcoming trip to China, the need to approach the Chinese Communist Party from a position of strength, and the Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations process.
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Hagerty, Kaine, Rubio, Cardin Introduce Legislation To Support Human Rights In Venezuela
United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Ben Cardin (D-MD) have introduced the Assuring that the Fact-Finding Examination Continues to Track (AFFECT) Human Rights in Venezuela Act, bipartisan legislation to help support human rights in Venezuela.
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Hagerty, Menendez, Kaine Introduce United States Uruguay Economic Partnership Act
United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) in introducing the United States Uruguay Economic Partnership Act, legislation exclusively focused on strengthening the partnership between the United States and Uruguay.
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Icymi—Hagerty Joins The Big Money Show On Fox Business To Discuss Coinbase Lawsuits, Chinese Spy Facility In Cuba
United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking and Foreign Relations Committees, today joined The Big Money Show on Fox Business to discuss the Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) lawsuits against Coinbase, its attempts to overregulate digital assets, and reports that Cuba has agreed to host a Chinese Spy Base.