Opportunity to visit with business owners, workforce, manufacturers, and farmers about the state of the economy and the effects of harmful policies coming from an out-of-touch Administration in Washington.
NASHVILLE, TN—United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations and Banking Committees and former Tennessee Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, will this week begin his fourth-annual Economic Development tour across the state.
The tour will take Hagerty to counties and cities across Tennessee, providing the opportunity to meet with businesses—large and small—entrepreneurs, workers, and farmers about the economy, job creation, and the harmful big government, tax-and-spend policies coming from Washington.
“I came to the Senate four years ago to be an advocate for hardworking Tennesseans in Washington,” said Senator Hagerty. “As Tennessee’s former Commissioner of Economic Development, I have seen firsthand the grit and ingenuity of our workforce that has bolstered the Volunteer State’s economy and job creation. Unfortunately, harmful policies coming out of Washington from the Biden-Harris Administration have made life much harder for Tennesseans over the last four years, from record-high inflation to crushing regulations. I’m committed to fighting for our children and grandchildren’s future by ensuring that burdensome red tape does not stifle success and choke off the opportunity to pursue the American Dream in Tennessee. I look forward to another tour around the state listening to our workforce’s concerns and ideas and gaining invaluable insight that I will take with me back to Washington.”
Hagerty is a life-long businessman who started his business career with the Boston Consulting Group. He later became a venture capital and private equity investor, where he invested in and served as an executive and board member of a wide range of companies, including those listed on the NYSE and NASDAQ. From 2011 to 2014, Hagerty served as a member of Governor Bill Haslam’s (R-TN) Cabinet and Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development. During his tenure as commissioner, Hagerty reorganized the department, eliminating over 40 percent of the positions and saving millions of taxpayer dollars. At the same time, the new approach helped spur the strongest economic transformation seen—taking Tennessee from an unemployment rate higher than the national average when he arrived to become the number one state in the nation for jobs created through foreign investment and being named State of the Year for Economic Development an unprecedented two years in a row during his tenure.
