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  1. Pinned Tweet
    May 3

    VIDEO of my visit to with on Saturday to discuss our bipartisan plan to help pay for the maintenance backlog on our 417 national parks. There is $215 million in deferred maintenance needs in the Smokies.

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  2. 33 minutes ago

    I had some great teachers, but Miss Tedford was the best. “Don’t play that monkey business,” she would say. She could always tell when I’d been playing too much Jerry Lee Lewis. Thank you to all of our educators for what they do.

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  3. 1 hour ago

    Tune in at 5:40 PM EDT. I’ll be speaking on the Senate floor about health insurance premium increases. In March, Senate Dems prevented Congress from passing legislation that would have lowered individual insurance premiums by up to 40 percent. Watch here:

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  4. 1 hour ago

    Thank you to for the recognition and for letting me speak with you today about issues important to franchisees.

    Congratulations to for winning the Dennis Wieczorek Free Enterprise Award at !
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  5. 4 hours ago

    Thank you to the members for talking with me yesterday about issues facing Tennessee hospitals, including the opioid crisis.

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  6. 5 hours ago

    Thank you for your support, Bill.

    Glad he's leading the Senate Committee on Health. is onto something with the opioid crisis:
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  7. Retweeted
    May 7

    National Prescription Drug numbers are in! Another record broken: nearly 1 MILLION pounds of Rx pills disposed! Let’s keep fighting this opioid epidemic, America!

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  8. 5 hours ago

    Congratulations to Madison Harris, a 4th grader at in Memphis, who is TN’s State Finalist for the competition. Go vote for her Doodle to be featured on ’s homepage.

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  9. 8 hours ago

    : Catch my conversation with and panelists on Knoxville Channel 10’s Inside Tennessee.

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  10. 22 hours ago

    Let’s go Preds!

    Must-win game. |
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  11. Retweeted
    May 7

    Tennessee’s growing business climate is making headlines across the world! The London-based Financial Times newspaper features a headline on last week’s announcement that AllianceBernstein is moving its headquarters to Nashville.

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  12. May 7

    Happening this morning — tune in!

    Tune in at 8 AM EST tomorrow, I’ll be talking with . You can listen online at:
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  13. May 6

    Tune in at 8 AM EST tomorrow, I’ll be talking with . You can listen online at:

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  14. May 6

    Happening at 9:30 AM EST this morning -- be sure to tune in!

    Tune in at 9:30 AM EST tomorrow to channel 10 in Knoxville for Inside Tennessee. Great to sit down w/ and panelists to talk about what I'm working on to address the opioid crisis and help pay for the Smokies maintenance backlog.
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  15. Retweeted
    May 5

    Bring it, Smashville. |

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  16. May 5

    Tune in at 9:30 AM EST tomorrow to channel 10 in Knoxville for Inside Tennessee. Great to sit down w/ and panelists to talk about what I'm working on to address the opioid crisis and help pay for the Smokies maintenance backlog.

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  17. May 3

    Rufus is a little camera shy, but he enjoyed spending a beautiful day with me in Cookeville.

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  18. Retweeted
    May 3

    Big game tonight. |

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  19. May 3

    Was a special privilege to celebrate in Cookeville today.

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  20. Retweeted
    May 2

    Ryan Zinke and : How to protect America's 'best idea'

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