Alexander: Next Generation Should Be Period Of 'American Exceptionalism'

Newly re-elected Senate Republican Conference Chair Lamar Alexander (Tenn.) says that his goal is to make the next generation a period of American exceptionalism. He says that this will be achieved through creating jobs, stopping Washington takeovers and controlling spending. (0:39)

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Senate Republican Takes Issue With EPA Over Carbon Regulation

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) explains what the EPA's regulations would mean for small business owners. (0:28)
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Health Care Bill Raises Premium Costs And Taxes, Charges Republican Senator

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) said during the White House health care summit on Thursday that the health care legislation proposed by Democrats will raise taxes as well as premium costs. (0:53)
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The Only Way to Increase Access To Health Care Is To Reduce Cost, Says Republican Alexander

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) said during the House health care summit Thursday that the only way to increase health care access is to reduce its cost. (0:36)
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Sen. Alexander: Reid Is Obscuring The Health Care Bill From The American People

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has been conducting business related to health care reform in secret in an attempt to hide what is in the legislation from the American people. (0:19)
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Sen. Alexander: Obama Should Promote Nuclear Energy

Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) says that the United States needs leadership from the President in order to promote nuclear energy (0:30).
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We Ought To Regulate Emissions And Get On With It, Says Senator

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) urges for quick action to reduce sodium dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxide (NOx), and mercury emissions from polluting the air. These emissions are released when coal is burned. (0:48)
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Great Smoky Mountain Is America's Filthiest Nat'l Park

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) says the Great Smoky Mountain National Park located in Tennessee is the most popular and the most polluted national park in the United States. (0:30)
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Republicans support action, Democrats do not

Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) says that the main difference between Democrats and Republicans is that Republicans are willing to explore options and Democrats won't even look domestically for an answer to the rising oil prices. (0:40)
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Energy independence doesn't mean U.S. would stop buying foreign oil

At a Brookings Institution discussion on energy challenges for the next president, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) says that energy independence doesn't mean that the U.S. "would never buy oil from Mexico, or Canada, or Saudi Arabia" but that it would never be "held hostage" for oil supplies. (0:43)
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