The Volunteer State thrives because of the dedication of its local leaders. That’s why every year I’ve served in the United States Senate, I have prioritized meeting with community leaders, business owners, manufacturers, and families from each of Tennessee’s 95 counties.

When I completed my medical training many decades ago, I was filled with excitement as well as a lot of uncertainty about what being a physician would really mean.

It is so exciting to see the faces of children when a new school year begins. Anticipation, new friends and many new things to learn. I saw all of this these last couple of weeks in my grandkids. My first question to them is always, “Do you like your teacher?”

Over the last several months, Americans have watched news broadcasts and cell phone videos of buses filled with illegal immigrants traveling cross-country from the southern border.

Democrats have long droned on with demands to follow the science, but the left’s recent “gender justice” campaign rejects basic biology. Instead of finding ways to ensure equal opportunity for men and women, their agenda weaponizes the women’s rights movement against women.

Growing up in Tennessee over 50 years ago, I recall the many good things that life afforded. Even if I didn’t have everything, I felt that with the right attitude and hard work, I could still achieve a lot.

The left’s legislative strategy is simple: give the bill a positive name and hope people don’t find out what’s actually in it.

Environmental justice. Environmental health. Environmental equity. The Democrats have rebranded the infamous “Green New Deal” to apply in every circumstance, and their latest Congressional taxing and spending spree is no exception.

Just over one year ago, the Biden administration promised inflation would be temporary.

The Biden administration gave our servicemembers an ultimatum – get vaccinated or you will be fired.

The Fourth of July is usually a time of celebration, but this year, even the best firework displays couldn’t distract Americans from the problems caused by radicals in Washington.

As a pediatrician interested in the health and welfare of parents and kids in Montgomery County and Tennessee, I was again dismayed to read the latest opinion piece from our Senator, Marsha Blackburn. I was further concerned by the fact that her government funded staff, who produce the conte…

When the great American experiment began, our Founding Fathers envisioned a nation that worked for "We the People" and enshrined that vision in the Constitution.

This weekend in Tennessee, we celebrated the fathers and grandfathers in our lives. But while we were focused on family, the left was working to make life more difficult for Volunteer State parents.

Last week, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre proclaimed that, “the economy is in a better place than it has been historically.” This statement is the last in a parade of delusions that Joe Biden and the Democrats have been peddling for almost a year. The strategy is simple: deny their own disasters and, when all else fails, shift the blame elsewhere. Unfortunately, Tennesseans don’t have the benefit of living in the White House’s world of make believe. They know the economy is failing and feel like they have no idea who is in control of the country — or indeed if anyone is.

Almost 80 years ago, the Allied assault on Nazi territory landed on the beaches of Normandy.

Americans expect a government “of the people, by the people, [and] for the people.” But our state of constant crisis has left Tennesseans feeling that the Biden White House has abandoned their responsibility to “We the People” almost entirely.

While the Biden administration keeps busy sabotaging border patrol and local law enforcement, American communities are falling apart. Murder rates are at a 25-year high, and violent crime as a whole – including rape, robbery, and aggravated assault offenses – are similarly spiking.