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Today, I announced that I’ll be seeking specific legislative, regulatory, or sub-regulatory solutions to help
#LowerHealthCareCosts.pic.twitter.com/im4vX59W4e#LowerHealthCareCostsI am asking health care experts for specific ideas in priority order about how to reduce cost to taxpayers, employers, and families, in writing, by March 1, 2019.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!pic.twitter.com/xBbEF8E9em
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I was not elected to shut down the government, I was elected to make it work for taxpayers. This is a complete failure of negotiations and a success for no one.
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Shutting down the government should be as off limits to budget negotiations as chemical weapons are to warfare. I was not for a government shutdown under President Obama. I'm not for a government shutdown under President Trump.
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There is no excuse for even a short-term, partial government shutdown.
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I want to put a stop to this practice of the Senate breaking its rules to change its rules. I will not vote to turn the Senate into a rule-breaking institution, and I hope that my colleagues will not either.
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This is a country that prizes the rule of law – I’ve heard President Trump say that, and I've heard President Obama say that. How can we expect Americans to follow the rules when their number one rule making institution, the U.S. Senate, will not follow its own rules?
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Ending the legislative filibuster would be like allowing the home team to change the rules in the middle of the game, saying a nine yard gain is a first down, or a three point shot counts as four. That's not the rule of law.
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Good news—
@POTUS just signed the First Step Act, bipartisan prison reform legislation I cosponsored that was introduced by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman@ChuckGrassley. https://www.alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=F8FCE036-FB67-4F86-989F-7BA9550C5EB9 …https://twitter.com/SenAlexander/status/1067456207936462849 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
We have rules to follow. I want to put a stop to this practice of the Senate breaking its rules to change its rules. I will not vote to turn the Senate into a rule-breaking institution and I hope that my colleagues will not. Read my full statement here: https://www.alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=9EDFF6B2-C3FB-48A3-A214-C85BA3132BB1 …
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In the final week before Christmas, the U.S. Senate accomplished quite a bit—and
@POTUS signed my PREEMIE reauthorization bill into law.pic.twitter.com/Kj7NnP9QKcThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
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#FarmBill also includes the Tennessee Wilderness Act that I introduced alongside@SenBobCorker and@DrPhilRoe. This law will designate nearly 20,000 acres of the Cherokee National Forest as a wilderness area. https://www.alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=8724DBCA-F095-490D-9B32-4D10FE360B26 …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
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@POTUS just signed the#FarmBill into law. This new law will help provide much-needed certainty for Tennessee’s 340,000 farmers and farmers across the country. https://www.alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=DE4E7848-27F4-40C6-822E-173FEF6BA5A0 …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
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This Congress, the Senate HELP Committee I chair produced 18 laws including what
@senatemajldr calls “landmark” opioid legislation to combat the nation’s most pressing public health crisis.#BipartisanResults https://www.alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=91AABAE0-4824-49A6-A943-8F94F1B6797E …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
The people of Tennessee have been very generous to me, and I’m very grateful Tennesseans have given me the privilege of serving more combined years as Governor and Senator than anyone else from our state.pic.twitter.com/dulTqNJ3nu
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It is my hope that the U.S. House of Representatives swiftly passes this legislation. https://www.alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=FD52C2B0-5E07-4252-BF3E-BF97CF17B2BE …
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The bipartisan bill I introduced alongside
@PattyMurray,@SenCoryGardner and@SenWhitehouse will allow people to answer up to 22 questions on the form with one simple click, while keeping the applicant’s data secure.Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
The U.S. Senate passed the Faster Access to Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Act, legislation that will make completing the complicated FAFSA much easier for students and families. https://www.alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=FD52C2B0-5E07-4252-BF3E-BF97CF17B2BE …
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Good news—
@POTUS signed the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act. This law, which I introduced with@SenBennetCO, will help reduce infant deaths and improve infant health by continuing research and education programs aimed at preventing preterm births. https://www.alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=97F23015-1690-4B09-9A84-063B9CABE0C6 …https://twitter.com/SenAlexander/status/1072867534368428032 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
More good news from the White House—
@POTUS has signed into law@SenatorTimScott’s Sickle Cell Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act, which passed with bipartisan support out of the Senate HELP Committee I chair.https://twitter.com/SenAlexander/status/1072932297735856128 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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