Honorable Lamar Alexander
United States Senator, Tennessee, Republican
Senator Alexander was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2002. He served as Tennessee Governor from 1978 to 1986. He chairs the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee and also sits on the Appropriations Committee and the Rules and Administration Committee. The following is from the November 29, 2016, Senate floor debate on the 21st Century Cures Act. Tomorrow, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on a piece of legislation that many in this body on both sides of the aisle have worked on and that the majority leader of the Senate [Mitch McConnell (KY-R)] has described as…
