Says Tennessee’s higher education funding model "is 100 percent outcomes-based" and "we are already seeing this model changing the way our postsecondary institutions do business."
"Tennessee students now cover about 67 percent of the cost of their education at public universities, and some 60 percent at community colleges."
Says that "you can’t destroy the guns purchased in a (gun) buyback program as the city (of Memphis) wants to do."
Defends his vote to push "retirement age to 70" by saying he is for "a process" that would not be fully implemented until "around the…
Says a federal judge "sanctions Tennessee ‘birther’ lawyer … for bringing a frivolous lawsuit."
Says that Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam "has made it clear by his repeated actions that he will pursue a policy that promotes the interest of…
"I didn’t try to push" a bill to reduce lottery scholarship proceeds for students.
Gov. Bill Haslam is "making our Economic Development department Sharia compliant" by hiring a woman "who specializes in Sharia compliance. That’s what her job is."
Claims credit for food tax reductions that "previous Democrat regimes refused to make."
"Right now we have sufficient reserves to take care of Tennessee's lottery scholarship students for a few years more."
"In 2011, there were more than 28,000 new Tennessee jobs created and over $4 billion in capital investment. Our Jobs4TN plan is working."
"This year’s redistricting has been the most open, interactive and transparent redistricting process in Tennessee history."