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WASHINGTON – As Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) will lead a hearing tomorrow, Wednesday, March 26, with the superintendents of the U.S. military academies. This is the first time in over 30 years that the service academy superintendents have testified before Congress. In his role as Personnel Chairman, Senator Tuberville is laser-focused on ensuring that military academies are aligned with President Trump and Secretary Hegseth...
April 3, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) joined a bipartisan group of colleagues including Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) in reintroducing the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act. This legislation would expand telehealth services under Medicare, and make COVID-19-related telehealth flexibilities permanent. Sponsors believe that this will improve health outcomes, and make it easier for patients t...
April 2, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) took to the Senate floor to celebrate President Trump's "Liberation Day" after Senate Democrats repeatedly tried to block and impede the President's tariffs from going into effect. Excerpts from Senator Tuberville's remarks below or watch on YouTube or Rumble. "The media, for some reason, is in full meltdown mode after President Trump declared today 'Liberation Day.' Only my Democratic colleagues and the media, g...
April 1, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) reintroduced two pieces of legislation related to protecting American cryptocurrency. Senator Tuberville declared that, "Crypto is the future." Senator Tuberville's first bill, the Financial Freedom Act, would reverse a Biden-era memo from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) that limits options for where Americans can invest their retirement earnings. The Financial Freedom Act would allow Americans to choose how they wan...
April 10, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the Veterans First Act of 2025, which will redirect wasteful taxpayer funding previously allocated for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to instead pay for outstanding repairs in state veterans' homes. This legislation follows the Trump administration's actions to largely shut down USAID after it was revealed that the agency was using taxpayer funds t...
April 10, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) joined U.S. Senator Jim Banks (R-Indiana) in cosponsoring the Abortion Funding Awareness Act. This bill requires states to publicly report detailed information about Medicaid payments to abortion providers, including how much was paid, what services were funded, and data on the abortions performed. It aims to increase transparency around taxpayer funds used in connection with abortion-related services. "Zero tax...
WASHINGTON – As Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) will lead a hearing tomorrow, Wednesday, March 26, with the superintendents of the U.S. military academies. This is the first time in over 30 years that the service academy superintendents have testified before Congress. In his role as Personnel Chairman, Senator Tuberville is laser-focused on ensuring that military academies are aligned with President Trump and Secretary Hegseth...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) in reintroducing legislation to help America's landowners recover from the loss of timber after natural disasters. The Disaster Reforestation Act amends and makes improvements to the tax code to allow forest owners to deduct the value of their timber prior to the loss caused by a natural disaster. Sen. Tuberville cosponsored this legislation in the 118th Congress. "Natural disasters can't be stopped, but w...
March 7, 2025 – WASHINGTON, AL. – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) joined U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-Arkansas) in introducing the Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act. If passed, this legislation would make it easier for veterans with disabilities to be made financially whole in the event they are defrauded of their benefits. The legislation allows the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) to reimburse victims of fraud without first meeting unnecessary bureaucratic requirements. Companion...
March 6, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) in reintroducing the Access to Credit for our Rural Economy (ACRE) Act. This legislation would benefit American families, farmers, and rural communities nationwide by providing greater flexibility to more financial institutions to offer affordable lines of credit to rural and agricultural borrowers. Senator Tuberville cosponsored this legislation in the 118th Congress. "As Ala...
March 11, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), U.S. Representative Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-04) and 63 other Republican colleagues in writing an amicus brief to the U.S Supreme Court in Mahmoud v. Taylor. The brief supports parents' constitutional right to be notified of and able to opt their children out of a school's teaching of radical gender ideology that violates their religious beliefs. Daily Caller first reported on the a...
March 17, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-IN) in reintroducing the Fair and Open Competition Act (FOCA), which would prevent the federal government from mandating project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal projects funded by taxpayers. This legislation would provide more opportunities to bid on government work, increase workforce competition, lower government construction costs, and save taxpayer dollars. Sen. Tuberville c...
February 28, 2025 - WASHINGTON – In January 2025, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) reintroduced the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, or S.9, to save women's sports and preserve Title IX protections for female athletes. Over the past four years, the Biden administration took a sledgehammer to Title IX – resulting in more than 900 women losing trophies to men competing in women's sports. These policies are wildly unpopular as 79% of Americans agree that men should not compete aga...
February 25, 2025 - WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) spoke with Bret Erickson, Board Member of the International Fresh Produce Association, and Anna Rhinewalt, Council Member of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation and Mississippi Sweet Potato Council, during a Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Ag) hearing. During the hearing, they spoke about the dire state of the farm economy impacting specialty crop producers after four years of Joe Biden's r...
February 12, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - When I ran for Senate, I promised the people of Alabama that I would fight for them in Washington, D.C. Many Alabamians are enthusiastically pro-life and sent me to the Capitol with a clear message: every life is worth fighting for. Shortly after the Supreme Court overturned the Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision, the former Secretary of Defense issued a memo requiring taxpayers to pay for abortion-related travel for military service mem...
February 11, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) delivered a floor speech praising President Donald Trump's recent implementation of reciprocal tariffs to ensure fairness and bolster our national security. "I come to the floor today to talk to you about President Trump's tariffs. The media is in full meltdown. They're in a full meltdown mode after President Trump imposed duties and retaliatory tariffs this week on countries that have basically been ripping the United...
February 15, 2025 - WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) announced his nomination of 57 Alabama students to multiple U.S. service academies including the U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, and U.S. Naval Academy as part of the class of 2029. This is Senator Tuberville's fourth round of nominations since assuming office. Earlier this year, Senator Tuberville was named as the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Personnel for the Senate A...
February 19, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) in introducing the Restore Merit to Government Service Act, to bring merit-based hiring back to the federal government and ensure the best-qualified candidates are working in the federal government. This legislation codifies President Trump's Executive Order last month to end discriminatory hiring practices in the federal government and restore merit-based hiring r...
"Tax season is upon us, and Americans are once again reminded of how much of their hard-earned paychecks is taken by the federal government. Most Americans use this time to reevaluate their spending habits and consider ways to be more fiscally responsible. Unfortunately, the U.S. government doesn't do the same. The United States is $36 trillion in debt and we are spending nearly $2 trillion more each year than we bring in. If the United States were a business, we'd be dead broke. Thankfully,...
February 25, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) joined U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) to introduce the NIH Reform Act to increase congressional oversight on leadership at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The NIH Reform Act would separate the NIAID into three national research institutes: the National Institute of Allergic Diseases, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, and the National Institute of Immunologic Dis...
February 5, 2025 - WASHINGTON, AL – Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) reintroduced the Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act to prohibit any governing body recognized by the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) from allowing men to participate in any athletic event intended for females. The bill modifies eligibility requirements for amateur sports governing organizations. Senator Tuberville re-introduced the legislation on National Girls and Women in Sports Day and as part of...
Sens. Tuberville and Moran Introduce Legislation to Improve Access to Care for Veterans February 3, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) joined U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kansas) in cosponsoring the Veterans' Assuring Critical Care Expansions to Support Servicemembers (ACCESS) Act of 2025. The sponsors claim that their legislation would increase access to care for veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) providers in the community. "Veterans hav...
January 30, 2025 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) joined U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) and their colleagues to introduce the Veterans Health Care Freedom Act, which would help improve veterans' access to health care by reducing the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) role in the community care referral process. "Our veterans should be able to see a doctor as quickly and easily as possible," said Senator Tuberville. "Taking care of our veterans is a sa...
January 30, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) spoke on the Senate floor about the need to quickly confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard to key roles in President Trump's cabinet. Sen. Tuberville defended each nominees' qualifications and their commitments to making America healthy, more just, and secure again. During the speech, Sen. Tuberville denounced the baseless attacks aimed at these nominees by the media and career politicians as n...
7 years ago, our great state was admitted as the 22nd state in the United States. On this 205th birthday, also called "Alabama Day," I wanted to take time to brag on a few highlights of Alabama's 205 years. On December 14, 1819, Alabama was officially named a state during a constitutional convention held to organize the state government under the first Governor of Alabama, William Wyatt Bibb. President James Monroe then signed Alabama into official statehood. After making some rounds across...