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Bill Lee

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Bill Lee is the 50th governor of Tennessee, having taken office on January 19, 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he has focused on various issues including education reform, economic development, and public safety during his tenure. Lee has also emphasized the importance of workforce development and has worked on initiatives to improve the state's infrastructure. His administration has faced challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the state's economy and health systems.

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Mar 20, 2026

The junior Senator from Ohio comes to this job with a unique background, a unique set of knowledge born of experience as the longtime chief elections officer of the State of Ohio. As he looks at the SAVE America Act, he sees that there are…

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Mar 19, 2026

I appreciate the passion that my friend and colleague the distinguished Senator from the State of Nevada puts into her job, into scrutinizing legislation. I appreciate the concerns she has expressed. Now, if I believed all of the things…

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Mar 19, 2026

I do feel the need to respond to a couple of things, and a couple of things that were said previous to that by the Senator from Michigan. With regard to the Senator from Delaware, there are a number of claims made that are very serious…

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Mar 19, 2026

We have heard a number of arguments. Nearly all of them that come from the other side of the aisle deal with something that is either easily addressed in ways that would not require any change to the legislation before us, or, more…

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Mar 18, 2026

It is important to me. I think it is important to the American people, who overwhelmingly support this measure and the policy changes it would bring about when enacted into law, that we keep our running tally of the arguments being raised…

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Mar 18, 2026

Mr. President, another accusation, another argument that is being made here that is quite spurious and that just isn't accurate is that U.S. elections are already free and they are already fair and so we don't need to mess with them; that…

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Mar 17, 2026

This issue could not be simpler. American elections are for American citizens. This is an assertion that is so elementary that its controversy is itself the only remarkable feature. There are 83 percent of Americans who support voter…

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Mar 17, 2026

I appreciate the skill and the passion that my friend and colleague the distinguished Senator from the State of Washington brings to the table on this. I appreciate her thoroughness in making the case that she has made to the Senate. I…

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Mar 11, 2026

30 years ago today, my late father Rex Edwin Lee passed away after a nearly decade-long heroic fight with cancer. Now, 30 years is a long time. Children grow up, so do grandchildren. Families expand, chapters open and close, and yet there…

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Jan 30, 2026

the fact that the acting president and CEO is a DOGE individual doesn't disqualify him from making this statement. It is corruption. Sure, it has been going on since the eighties, but so have a lot of things that are corrupt. We must…

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Jan 30, 2026

something happened very significant this morning. This morning, it was announced that the Chief Financial Officer of this Agency, USADF, has been charged and simultaneously pled guilty to corruption charges this morning. The Department of…

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Dec 17, 2025

I, nonetheless, take umbrage--great umbrage in fact--to a couple of characterizations to which I must now respond. First, as to what she characterizes as the ``long bureaucratic process,'' this process is itself quite short, especially in…

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Dec 2, 2025

it is a shame that we don't have more of an opportunity to pass more bills, particularly bills that are not controversial. This is an opportunity that we should take to pass noncontroversial bills every time we get the chance. We have four…

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Nov 24, 2025

Part of it is, understanding just what the cadence is going to look like over the next few months and then developing a strategy.

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Oct 9, 2025

across the country, our guardsmen are on the frontlines of our national security. They are on the frontlines of our national security, securing our cities and our border, and, most commonly, leading natural disaster recovery efforts in our…

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Aug 5, 2025

The courts have universally determined that it is lawful to carry out the jury's sentence of execution given to Mr. Black for the heinous murders of Angela Clay and her daughters Lakeisha, age 6, and Latoya, age 9.

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Jul 29, 2025

I do want to be clear about a couple of things. No. 1, this has been the product of a lot of effort on our part, good-faith efforts that we have made to work with Ranking Member Heinrich and Members of both political parties to move these…

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Jul 29, 2025

last year, this body unanimously passed 41 bills from the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Now, 16 of those bills, for one reason or another, didn't end up getting signed into law last year. Some of those bills perhaps were…

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Jun 30, 2025

this amendment completes the half-baked task performed by the House of Representatives on these subsidies. Now, remember, the ``green new scam'' was adopted in 2022 without a single Republican vote. Not one Republican in the House, not one…

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Jun 30, 2025

energy manufacturing jobs survive and thrive when there is less Federal intrusion, not more, to my friend and colleague from Georgia. What is more, the American people want less. The American people understand that, with the Federal…

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Jun 30, 2025

I respect my friend and colleague from Oregon, but I disagree with every word he just uttered including ``but,'' ``and,'' and ``the.'' Look, the energy and natural resources title of this bill is one of the most consequential pieces of…

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May 22, 2025

last year this body, the United States Senate, passed 41 bills from the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. And 25 of those bills have been reintroduced. They all have bipartisan support. They all have been vetted in committee. They…

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Apr 4, 2025

this amendment asks us to believe a lie, and the lie is that FEMA provides nonpartisan disaster relief. Until a few months ago, many of us hoped and expected that that would be the case. Alas, it was not. During a contentious election…

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Apr 4, 2025

do not let the false hype from these sponsors fool you. All this amendment does is to stop the proceeds for any land sales from being used to pay down the deficit. It doesn't stop land sales. In fact, just last year, the author of this…

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Mar 24, 2025

the State of Utah, last night, lost a dedicated public servant, a loving mother, and a trailblazing leader, as well as a friend to many: Mia Love returned home to her Heavenly Father at the age of 49 after a courageous battle with…

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