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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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Nov 4, 2021

So today I am offering a bill that would help with this situation. My No Forced Vaccination for COVID-19 Act would prevent the President of the United States or any executive branch agency from issuing a general vaccine mandate, including…

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Nov 4, 2021

this isn't about whether we are against the virus; we are. It is not about whether we are for the vaccine; we are. It is about the fact that only 14 percent of Americans believe that it is fair, just, and proper to fire someone because…

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Nov 4, 2021

I have introduced 12 bills against President Biden's vaccine mandate. Most of these bills should have been supremely noncontroversial. Some of the bills would have made sure that the exemptions President Biden announced were actually…

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Nov 3, 2021

the United States is facing economic challenges that we haven't experienced in this country for decades. The supply chain crunch is leading to backlogged ports, and that, in turn, is spilling over into empty shelves. Inflation is exacting…

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Nov 2, 2021

I have now come to the Senate floor 12 times to speak against President Biden's unconstitutional and unwise vaccine mandate. I have introduced 12 bills to counter and limit the mandate. Each time I have asked for one of these bills--each…

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Oct 28, 2021

I appreciate the insight from my friend, colleague, and distinguished Senator from Michigan. I appreciate his willingness to look out for making sure that there isn't duplication in government. I also think it is important that at a time…

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Oct 28, 2021

as if in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 2851 and that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. I further…

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Oct 28, 2021

earlier today, President Biden announced his new, revised, supposedly curtailed, social spending plan for America. It seems that the depressing economic numbers, the soaring costs of goods, mounting data that government spending is to…

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Oct 27, 2021

it is disappointing that we weren't able to take this step today to restore trust and confidence with the American people in research that they have now spent half a trillion dollars conducting. I understand the impulse to--as my friend…

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Oct 27, 2021

in politics, on television, on social media, and pretty much everywhere, it seems that people are decrying the surge of ``misinformation.'' False information and dangerous ideas exist, but the cure to factions of falsehood and the kinds of…

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Oct 26, 2021

in recent years, particularly those on the other side of the aisle have called for, declared, and demanded that we rebuild what they call trust in government. While I believe that Americans must have a healthy distrust of the idea of…

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Oct 26, 2021

I will be delivering remarks in a moment regarding the unanimous consent request that I am about to make. In deference and as a courtesy to my colleague from Washington, I will make the request first rather than speaking first. Mr…

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Oct 21, 2021

I appreciate the insights shared by my friend and distinguished colleague, the Senator from Connecticut, with whom I enjoy working on countless issues, but I want to offer a little bit of additional context here. Senator Menendez and I…

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Oct 21, 2021

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Cortez Masto). Without objection, it is so ordered.

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Oct 21, 2021

I am here on the Senate floor today, for the eighth time now, to oppose President Biden's sweeping vaccine mandate. I have introduced a dozen bills to, one way or another, limit, clarify, or counteract this still unpublished mandate. Now…

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Oct 21, 2021

as if in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be discharged from further consideration of S. 2988 and that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. I further…

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Oct 21, 2021

I would like to call up S. Res. 134, as amended, my resolution urging the President to bring negotiations on a free-trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom to a mutually advantageous conclusion. I have been working…

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Oct 20, 2021

our Armed Forces have been asked to work miracles over the last 18 months, and they have performed. During a global pandemic, in the face of natural disasters, facing dangerous missions, our men and women in uniform have risen dutifully…

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Oct 19, 2021

I have come here to the Senate floor six times now to oppose President Biden's unconstitutional actions, using the Federal Government and using the Oval Office, in particular, in order to force Americans to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Now…

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Oct 19, 2021

I will be speaking in a moment. I had planned to deliver my remarks prior to making a unanimous consent request, but in deference to my friend and colleague from Washington, I will be making the consent request first, and then proceed to…

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Oct 8, 2021

This boils down to a political struggle. We`re in a war. This is a fight for our lives. This is a fight for our freedom.

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Oct 8, 2021

This is an inflection moment. This is the time when we have to fight on all fronts for our rights on so many efforts -- in so many efforts.

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Oct 8, 2021

Women`s lives are at stake. And, you know, women, people all over the country are sick and tired of our lives being in jeopardy in so many ways.

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Oct 7, 2021

In an economy where currency and circulation isn't backed up by any tangible object and where the government has effectively the ability to just print more money, even if that currency happens to be the world's reserve currency, at some…

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Oct 7, 2021

Now, we have seen, with--our status as the United States having the world's reserve currency, the U.S. dollar, has given us some flexibility in that area, flexibility that other countries like Greece haven't had. Do you think there is some…

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